Montana § 30-4-214 Insolvency And Preference

Montana Statutes

§ 30-4-214 — Insolvency And Preference

Montana·Title 30 TRADE AND COMMERCE·Ch. 4 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE BANK DEPOSITS AND COLLECTIONS·Part 2 Collection of Items Depositary and Collecting Banks

30-4-214 . Insolvency and preference.

(1)Any item in or coming into the possession of a payor or collecting bank which suspends payment and which item is not finally paid shall be returned by the receiver, trustee or agent in charge of the closed bank to the presenting bank or the closed bank's customer.

(2)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.

(3)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 becoming final if such finality occurs au

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30-4-214 . Insolvency and preference. (1) Any item in or coming into the possession of a payor or collecting bank which suspends payment and which item is not finally paid shall be returned by the receiver, trustee or agent in charge of the closed bank to the presenting bank or the closed bank's customer.
(2) 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.
(3) 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 becoming final if such finality occurs automatically upon the lapse of certain time or the happening of certain events (subsections (3) and (4) of 30-4-211 and subsections (1)(c), (2), and (3) of 30-4-213 ).
(4) If a collecting bank receives from subsequent parties settlement for an item which settlement is or becomes final and suspends payments without making a settlement for the item with its customer that is or becomes final, the owner of the item has a preferred claim against the collecting bank.

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