Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.112
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.112, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 4.112. PAYMENT OF CHECK AT PAR.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Chapter 3 or this chapter, a payor bank shall pay a check drawn on it against an account with a sufficient balance at par without regard to whether the payee holds an account at the bank.
(b) This section does not prohibit a bank from requiring commercially reasonable verification of the payee's identity before settlement of the check.
(c) In addition to any remedy provided by law, the banking commissioner, in coordination with the Finance Commission of Texas, shall ensure that payor banks comply with the requirements of this section.
(b) This section does not prohibit a bank from requiring commercially reasonable verification of the payee's identity before settlement of the check.
(c) In addition to any remedy provided by law, the banking commissioner, in coordination with the Finance Commission of Texas, shall ensure that payor banks comply with the requirements of this section.
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