Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title7 COMMERCIAL CODE. |
Article4. BANK DEPOSITS AND COLLECTIONS. |
Part1. General Provisions and Definitions. |
§7-4-105. "Bank"; "depositary bank"; "payor bank"; "intermediary bank"; "collecting bank"; "presenting bank."
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(1) "Bank" means a person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or trust company;
(2) "Depositary bank" means the first bank to take an item even though it is also the payor bank, unless the item is presented for immediate payment over the counter;
(3) "Payor bank" means a bank that is the drawee of a draft;
(4) "Intermediary bank" means a bank to which an item is transferred in course of collection except the depositary or payor bank;
(5) "Collecting bank" means a bank handling an item for collection except the payor bank;
(6) "Presenting bank" means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank.