Louisiana Statutes
§ 10:4-216 — Insolvency and preference
Louisiana·Title 10 Commercial Laws
(a)If an item is in or comes into the possession of a payor or collecting bank that suspends payment and the item has not been finally paid, the item must be returned by the receiver, trustee, or agent in charge of the closed bank to the presenting bank or the closed bank's customer.
(b)If a payor bank finally pays an item and suspends payments without making a settlement for the item with its customer or the presenting bank which settlement is or becomes final, the owner of the item has a preferred claim against the payor bank.
(c)If a payor bank gives or a collecting bank gives or receives a provisional settlement for an item and thereafter suspends payments, the suspension does not prevent or interfere with the settlement's becoming final if the finality occurs automatically upon the
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Legislative History
Acts 1992, No. 1133, §4, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 948, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
Nearby Sections
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§ 10:4-101
§ 10:4-101§ 10:4-102
Applicability§ 10:4-104
Definitions and index of definitions§ 10:4-105
"Bank"; "depositary bank"; "payor bank"; "intermediary bank"; "collecting bank"; "presenting bank"§ 10:4-107
Separate office of bank§ 10:4-108
Time of receipt of items§ 10:4-109
Delays§ 10:4-110
Electronic presentment§ 10:4-111
Prescription§ 10:4-201
§ 10:4-201§ 10:4-203
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