§ 524.808 — Adverse claims to deposits

Iowa § 524.808

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 524: BANKS

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1. Astatebankshallnotberequired, intheabsenceofacourtorderorindemnityrequired
by this section, to recognize any claim to, or any claim of authority to exercise control over,
a deposit account made by a person or persons other than:
a. The customer in whose name the account is held by the state bank.
b. An individual or group of individuals who are authorized to draw on or control the
account pursuant to certified corporate resolution or other written arrangement with the
customer, currentlyonfilewiththestatebank, whichhasnotbeenrevokedbyvalidcorporate
action in the case of a corporation, or by a valid agreement or other valid action appropriate
for the form of legal organization of any other customer, of which the state bank has received
notice and which is not the subject of a dispute known to the state bank as to its original
validity. The deposit account records of a state bank shall be presumptive evidence as to the
identity of the customer on whose behalf the money is held.
2. To require a state bank to recognize an adverse claim to, or adverse claim of authority
to control, a deposit account, whoever makes the claim must either:
a. Obtain and serve on the state bank an appropriate court order or judicial process
directed to the state bank, restraining any action with respect to the account until further
order of such court or instructing the state bank to pay the balance of the account, in whole
or in part, as provided in the order or process; or
b. Deliver to the state bank a bond, in form and amount and with sureties satisfactory
to the state bank, indemnifying the state bank against any liability, loss or expense which it
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might incur because of its recognition of the adverse claim or because of its refusal by reason
of such claim to honor any check or other order of anyone described in paragraphs “a” and
“b” of subsection 1 of this section.

Legislative History

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §524.808]