Utah Statutes
§ 70A-4-405 — Death or incompetence of customer.
Utah·Title 70A Uniform Commercial Code·Ch. 70A-4 Uniform Commercial Code - Bank Deposits and Collections·Part 70A-4-4 Relationship Between Payor Bank and Its Customer
(1)A payor or collecting bank's authority to accept, pay or collect an item or to account for proceeds of its collection, if otherwise effective, is not rendered ineffective by incompetence of a customer of either bank existing at the time the item is issued or its collection is undertaken if the bank does not know of an adjudication of incompetence. Neither death nor incompetence of a customer revokes the authority to accept, pay, collect, or account until the bank knows of the fact of death or of an adjudication of incompetence and has reasonable opportunity to act on it.
(2)Even with knowledge, a bank may for 10 days after the date of death pay or certify checks drawn on or before that date unless ordered to stop payment by a person claiming an interest in the account, and Subsection
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Legislative History
Amended by Chapter 237, 1993 General Session
Nearby Sections
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§ 70A-10-101
Effective date.§ 70A-10-102
Specific repealer -- Provision for transition.§ 70A-10-103
General repealer.§ 70A-10-104
Laws not repealed.§ 70A-1a-101
Title.§ 70A-1a-102
Scope of chapter.§ 70A-1a-104
Construction against implied repeal.§ 70A-1a-105
Severability.§ 70A-1a-106
Use of singular and plural -- Gender.§ 70A-1a-107
Section captions.§ 70A-1a-201
General definitions.§ 70A-1a-202
Notice -- Knowledge.§ 70A-1a-203
Lease distinguished from security interest.