Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-4-301
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Deferred Posting; Recovery of Payment by Return of
Official statutory text
Items; Time of Dishonor; Return of Items by Payor Bank.
DEFERRED POSTING; RECOVERY OF PAYMENT BY RETURN OF ITEMS;
TIME OF DISHONOR; RETURN OF ITEMS BY PAYOR BANK
(a) If a payor bank settles for a demand item other than a
documentary draft presented otherwise than for immediate payment
over the counter before midnight of the banking day of receipt, the
payor bank may revoke the settlement and recover the settlement if,
before it has made final payment and before its midnight deadline,
it:
(1) Returns the item;
(2) Returns an image of the item, if the party to which
the return is made has entered into an agreement to
accept an image as a return of the item and the image
is returned in accordance with that agreement; or
(3) Sends a record providing notice of dishonor or
nonpayment if the item is unavailable for return.
(b) If a demand item is received by a payor bank for credit on
its books, it may return the item or send notice of dishonor and may
revoke any credit given or recover the amount thereof withdrawn by
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its customer, if it acts within the time limit and in the manner
specified in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Unless previous notice of dishonor has been sent an item is
dishonored at the time when for purposes of dishonor it is returned
or notice sent in accordance with this section.
(d) An item is returned:
(1) As to an item presented through a clearing-house, when
it is delivered to the presenting or last collecting
bank or to the clearing-house or is sent or delivered
in accordance with clearing-house rules; or
(2) In all other cases, when it is sent or delivered to
the bank's customer or transferor or pursuant to
instructions.
DEFERRED POSTING; RECOVERY OF PAYMENT BY RETURN OF ITEMS;
TIME OF DISHONOR; RETURN OF ITEMS BY PAYOR BANK
(a) If a payor bank settles for a demand item other than a
documentary draft presented otherwise than for immediate payment
over the counter before midnight of the banking day of receipt, the
payor bank may revoke the settlement and recover the settlement if,
before it has made final payment and before its midnight deadline,
it:
(1) Returns the item;
(2) Returns an image of the item, if the party to which
the return is made has entered into an agreement to
accept an image as a return of the item and the image
is returned in accordance with that agreement; or
(3) Sends a record providing notice of dishonor or
nonpayment if the item is unavailable for return.
(b) If a demand item is received by a payor bank for credit on
its books, it may return the item or send notice of dishonor and may
revoke any credit given or recover the amount thereof withdrawn by
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 346
its customer, if it acts within the time limit and in the manner
specified in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Unless previous notice of dishonor has been sent an item is
dishonored at the time when for purposes of dishonor it is returned
or notice sent in accordance with this section.
(d) An item is returned:
(1) As to an item presented through a clearing-house, when
it is delivered to the presenting or last collecting
bank or to the clearing-house or is sent or delivered
in accordance with clearing-house rules; or
(2) In all other cases, when it is sent or delivered to
the bank's customer or transferor or pursuant to
instructions.
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