Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title7 COMMERCIAL CODE. |
Article4. BANK DEPOSITS AND COLLECTIONS. |
Part5. Collection of Documentary Drafts. |
§7-4-504. Privilege of presenting bank to deal with goods; security interest for expenses.
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(a) A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner.
(b) For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under subsection (a), the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller's lien.