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AL Code § 7-3-418 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 4 - Liability of Parties.|Section 7-3-418 - Payment or Acceptance by Mistake.

Section 7-3-418Payment or acceptance by mistake. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), if the drawee of a draft pays or accepts the draft and the drawee acted on the mistaken belief that (i) payment of the draft had not been stopped pursuant to Section 7-4-403 or (ii) the signature of the drawer of the draft was authorized, the drawee may recover the amount of the draft from the person to whom or for whose benefit payment was made or, in the case of acceptance, may revoke the acceptance. Rights of the drawee under this subsection are not affected by failure of the drawee to exercise ordinary care in paying or accepting the draft. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), if an instrument has been paid or accepted by mistake and the case is not covered by subsection (a), the person paying or accepting may, to the extent permitted by the law governing mistake and restitution, (i) recover the payment from the person to whom or for whose benefit payment was made or (ii) in the case of acceptance, may revoke the acceptance. (c) The remedies provided by subsection (a) or (b) may not be asserted against a person who took the instrument in good faith and for value or who in good faith changed position in reliance on the payment or acceptance. This subsection does not limit remedies provided by Section 7-3-417 or 7-4-407. (d) Notwithstanding Section 7-4-215, if an instrument is paid or accepted by mistake and the payor or acceptor recovers payment or revokes acceptance under subsection (a) or (b), the instrument is deemed not to have been paid or accepted and is treated as dishonored, and the person from whom payment is recovered has rights as a person entitled to enforce the dishonored instrument. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1; added by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-419 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 4 - Liability of Parties.|Section 7-3-419 - Instruments Signed for Accommodation.

Section 7-3-419Instruments signed for accommodation. (a) If an instrument is issued for value given for the benefit of a party to the instrument ("accommodated party") and another party to the instrument ("accommodation party") signs the instrument for the purpose of incurring liability on the instrument without being a direct beneficiary of the value given for the instrument, the instrument is signed by the accommodation party "for accommodation." (b) An accommodation party may sign the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor, or indorser and, subject to subsection (d), is obliged to pay the instrument in the capacity in which the accommodation party signs. The obligation of an accommodation party may be enforced notwithstanding any statute of frauds and whether or not the accommodation party receives consideration for the accommodation. (c) A person signing an instrument is presumed to be an accommodation party and there is notice that the instrument is signed for accommodation if the signature is an anomalous indorsement or is accompanied by words indicating that the signer is acting as surety or guarantor with respect to the obligation of another party to the instrument. Except as provided in Section 7-3-605, the obligation of an accommodation party to pay the instrument is not affected by the fact that the person enforcing the obligation had notice when the instrument was taken by that person that the accommodation party signed the instrument for accommodation. (d) If the signature of a party to an instrument is accompanied by words indicating unambiguously that the party is guaranteeing collection rather than payment of the obligation of another party to the instrument, the signer is obliged to pay the amount due on the instrument to a person entitled to enforce the instrument only if (i) execution of judgment against the other party has been returned unsatisfied, (ii) the other party is insolvent or in an insolvency proceeding, (iii) the other party cannot be served with process, or (iv) it is otherwise apparent that payment cannot be obtained from the other party. (e) An accommodation party who pays the instrument is entitled to reimbursement from the accommodated party and is entitled to enforce the instrument against the accommodated party. An accommodated party who pays the instrument has no right of recourse against, and is not entitled to contribution from, an accommodation party. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-420 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 4 - Liability of Parties.|Section 7-3-420 - Conversion of Instrument.

Section 7-3-420Conversion of instrument. (a) An instrument is converted under circumstances which would constitute conversion under personal property law. An instrument is also converted if it is taken by transfer, other than a negotiation, from a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or a bank makes or obtains payment with respect to the instrument for a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or receive payment. An action for conversion of an instrument may not be brought by (i) the issuer or acceptor of the instrument or (ii) a payee or indorsee who did not receive delivery of the instrument either directly or through delivery to an agent or a co-payee. (b) In an action under subsection (a), the measure of liability is presumed to be the amount payable on the instrument, but recovery may not exceed the amount of the plaintiff's interest in the instrument. (c) A representative, other than a depositary bank, who has in good faith dealt with an instrument or its proceeds on behalf of one who was not the person entitled to enforce the instrument is not liable in conversion to that person beyond the amount of any proceeds that it has not paid out. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-503 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 5 - Dishonor.|Section 7-3-503 - Notice of Dishonor.

Section 7-3-503Notice of dishonor. (a) The obligation of an indorser stated in Section 7-3-415(a) and the obligation of a drawer stated in Section 7-3-414(d) may not be enforced unless (i) the indorser or drawer is given notice of dishonor of the instrument complying with this section or (ii) notice of dishonor is excused under Section 7-3-504(b). (b) Notice of dishonor may be given by any person; may be given by any commercially reasonable means, including an oral, written, or electronic communication; and is sufficient if it reasonably identifies the instrument and indicates that the instrument has been dishonored or has not been paid or accepted. Return of an instrument given to a bank for collection is sufficient notice of dishonor. (c) Subject to Section 7-3-504(c), with respect to an instrument taken for collection by a collecting bank, notice of dishonor must be given (i) by the bank before midnight of the next banking day following the banking day on which the bank receives notice of dishonor of the instrument, or (ii) by any other person within 30 days following the day on which the person receives notice of dishonor. With respect to any other instrument, notice of dishonor must be given within 30 days following the day on which dishonor occurs. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-501 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 5 - Dishonor.|Section 7-3-501 - Presentment.

Section 7-3-501Presentment. (a) "Presentment" means a demand made by or on behalf of a person entitled to enforce an instrument (i) to pay the instrument made to the drawee or a party obliged to pay the instrument or, in the case of a note or accepted draft payable at a bank, to the bank, or (ii) to accept a draft made to the drawee. (b) The following rules are subject to Article 4, agreement of the parties, and clearing-house rules and the like: (1) Presentment may be made at the place of payment of the instrument and must be made at the place of payment if the instrument is payable at a bank in the United States; may be made by any commercially reasonable means, including an oral, written, or electronic communication; is effective when the demand for payment or acceptance is received by the person to whom presentment is made; and is effective if made to any one of two or more makers, acceptors, drawees, or other payors. (2) Upon demand of the person to whom presentment is made, the person making presentment must (i) exhibit the instrument, (ii) give reasonable identification and, if presentment is made on behalf of another person, reasonable evidence of authority to do so, and (iii) sign a receipt on the instrument for any payment made or surrender the instrument if full payment is made. (3) Without dishonoring the instrument, the party to whom presentment is made may (i) return the instrument for lack of a necessary indorsement, or (ii) refuse payment or acceptance for failure of the presentment to comply with the terms of the instrument, an agreement of the parties, or other applicable law or rule. (4) The party to whom presentment is made may treat presentment as occurring on the next business day after the day of presentment if the party to whom presentment is made has established a cutoff hour not earlier than 2 p.m. for the receipt and processing of instruments presented for payment or acceptance and presentment is made after the cutoff hour. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-504 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 5 - Dishonor.|Section 7-3-504 - Excused Presentment and Notice of Dishonor.

Section 7-3-504Excused presentment and notice of dishonor. (a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is excused if (i) the person entitled to present the instrument cannot with reasonable diligence make presentment, (ii) the maker or acceptor has repudiated an obligation to pay the instrument or is dead or in insolvency proceedings, (iii) by the terms of the instrument presentment is not necessary to enforce the obligation of indorsers or the drawer, (iv) the drawer or indorser whose obligation is being enforced has waived presentment or otherwise has no reason to expect or right to require that the instrument be paid or accepted, or (v) the drawer instructed the drawee not to pay or accept the draft or the drawee was not obligated to the drawer to pay the draft. (b) Notice of dishonor is excused if (i) by the terms of the instrument notice of dishonor is not necessary to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument, or (ii) the party whose obligation is being enforced waived notice of dishonor. A waiver of presentment is also a waiver of notice of dishonor. (c) Delay in giving notice of dishonor is excused if the delay was caused by circumstances beyond the control of the person giving the notice and the person giving the notice exercised reasonable diligence after the cause of the delay ceased to operate. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-505 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 5 - Dishonor.|Section 7-3-505 - Evidence of Dishonor.

Section 7-3-505Evidence of dishonor. (a) The following are admissible as evidence and create a presumption of dishonor and of any notice of dishonor stated: (1) A document regular in form as provided in subsection (b) which purports to be a protest; (2) A purported stamp or writing of the drawee, payor bank, or presenting bank on or accompanying the instrument stating that acceptance or payment has been refused unless reasons for the refusal are stated and the reasons are not consistent with dishonor; (3) A book or record of the drawee, payor bank, or collecting bank, kept in the usual course of business which shows dishonor, even if there is no evidence of who made the entry. (b) A protest is a certificate of dishonor made by a United States consul or vice consul, or a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths by the law of the place where dishonor occurs. It may be made upon information satisfactory to that person. The protest must identify the instrument and certify either that presentment has been made or, if not made, the reason why it was not made, and that the instrument has been dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment. The protest may also certify that notice of dishonor has been given to some or all parties. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-601 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 6 - Discharge and Payment.|Section 7-3-601 - Discharge and Effect of Discharge.

Section 7-3-601Discharge and effect of discharge. (a) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is discharged as stated in this article or by an act or agreement with the party which would discharge an obligation to pay money under a simple contract. (b) Discharge of the obligation of a party is not effective against a person acquiring rights of a holder in due course of the instrument without notice of the discharge. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1; added by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-602 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 6 - Discharge and Payment.|Section 7-3-602 - Payment.

Section 7-3-602Payment. (a) Subject to subsection (b), an instrument is paid to the extent payment is made (i) by or on behalf of a party obliged to pay the instrument, and (ii) to a person entitled to enforce the instrument. To the extent of the payment, the obligation of the party obliged to pay the instrument is discharged even though payment is made with knowledge of a claim to the instrument under Section 7-3-306 by another person. (b) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is not discharged under subsection (a) if: (1) A claim to the instrument under Section 7-3-306 is enforceable against the party receiving payment and (i) payment is made with knowledge by the payor that payment is prohibited by injunction or similar process of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) in the case of an instrument other than a cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check, the party making payment accepted, from the person having a claim to the instrument, indemnity against loss resulting from refusal to pay the person entitled to enforce the instrument; or (2) The person making payment knows that the instrument is a stolen instrument and pays a person it knows is in wrongful possession of the instrument. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-603 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 6 - Discharge and Payment.|Section 7-3-603 - Tender of Payment.

Section 7-3-603Tender of payment. (a) If tender of payment of an amount due on an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument, the effect of tender is governed by principles of law applicable to tender of payment under a simple contract and by subsections (b), (c) and (d). (b) If tender of payment of an amount due on an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument and the tender is refused, there is discharge, to the extent of the amount of the tender, of the obligation of an indorser or accommodation party having a right of recourse with respect to the obligation to which the tender relates. (c) If tender of payment of an amount due on an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument, the obligation of the obligor to pay interest after the due date on the amount tendered is discharged. If presentment is required with respect to an instrument and the obligor is able and ready to pay on the due date at every place of payment stated in the instrument, the obligor is deemed to have made tender of payment on the due date to the person entitled to enforce the instrument. (d) Acceptance of partial payment by a person entitled to enforce an instrument does not prejudice such person's rights or remedies with respect to the remaining amount due on the instrument or otherwise. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-3-604 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments.|Part 6 - Discharge and Payment.|Section 7-3-604 - Discharge by Cancellation or Renunciation.

Section 7-3-604Discharge by cancellation or renunciation. (a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument (i) by an intentional voluntary act, such as surrender of the instrument to the party, destruction, mutilation, or cancellation of the instrument, cancellation or striking out of the party's signature, or the addition of words to the instrument indicating discharge, or (ii) by agreeing not to sue or otherwise renouncing rights against the party by a signed writing. (b) Cancellation or striking out of an indorsement pursuant to subsection (a) does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the indorsement. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §1.)
AL Code § 7-4-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections.|Part 1 - General Provisions and Definitions.|Section 7-4-101 - Short Title.

Section 7-4-101Short title. This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code - Bank Deposits and Collections. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2; added by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2.)
AL Code § 7-4-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections.|Part 1 - General Provisions and Definitions.|Section 7-4-102 - Applicability.

Section 7-4-102Applicability. (a) To the extent that items within this article are also within Articles 3 and 8, they are subject to those articles. If there is conflict, this article governs Article 3, but Article 8 governs this article. (b) The liability of a bank for action or non-action with respect to an item handled by it for purposes of presentment, payment, or collection is governed by the law of the place where the bank is located. In the case of action or non-action by or at a branch or separate office of a bank, its liability is governed by the law of the place where the branch or separate office is located. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2; added by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2.)
AL Code § 7-4-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections.|Part 1 - General Provisions and Definitions.|Section 7-4-103 - Variation by Agreement; Measure of Damages; Action Constituting Ordinary Care.

Section 7-4-103Variation by agreement; measure of damages; action constituting ordinary care. (a) The effect of the provisions of this article may be varied by agreement, but the parties to the agreement cannot disclaim a bank's responsibility for its lack of good faith or failure to exercise ordinary care or limit the measure of damages for the lack or failure. However, the parties may determine by agreement the standards by which the bank's responsibility is to be measured if those standards are not manifestly unreasonable. (b) Federal Reserve regulations and operating circulars, clearing-house rules, and the like have the effect of agreements under subsection (a), whether or not specifically assented to by all parties interested in items handled. (c) Action or non-action approved by this article or pursuant to Federal Reserve regulations or operating circulars is the exercise of ordinary care and, in the absence of special instructions, action or non-action consistent with clearing-house rules and the like or with a general banking usage not disapproved by this article, is prima facie the exercise of ordinary care. (d) The specification or approval of certain procedures by this article is not disapproval of other procedures that may be reasonable under the circumstances. (e) The measure of damages for failure to exercise ordinary care in handling an item is the amount of the item reduced by an amount that could not have been realized by the exercise of ordinary care. If there is also bad faith it includes any other damages the party suffered as a proximate consequence. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2; added by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2.)
AL Code § 7-4-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections.|Part 1 - General Provisions and Definitions.|Section 7-4-105 - "Bank"; "Depositary Bank"; "Payor Bank"; "Intermediary Bank"; "Collecting Bank"; "Presenting bank."

Section 7-4-105"Bank"; "depositary bank"; "payor bank"; "intermediary bank"; "collecting bank"; "presenting bank." In this article: (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. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2; added by Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2.)
AL Code § 7-4-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections.|Part 1 - General Provisions and Definitions.|Section 7-4-106 - Payable Through or Payable at Bank; Collecting Bank.

Section 7-4-106Payable through or payable at bank; collecting bank. (a) If an item states that it is "payable through" a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank. (b) If an item states that it is "payable at" a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank. (c) If a draft names a nonbank drawee and it is unclear whether a bank named in the draft is a co-drawee or a collecting bank, the bank is a collecting bank. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2.)
AL Code § 7-4-107 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections.|Part 1 - General Provisions and Definitions.|Section 7-4-107 - Separate Office of Bank.

Section 7-4-107Separate office of bank. A branch or separate office of a bank is a separate bank for the purpose of computing the time within which and determining the place at or to which action may be taken or notice or orders must be given under this article and under Article 3. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2.)
AL Code § 7-4-108 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 7 - Commercial Code.|Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections.|Part 1 - General Provisions and Definitions.|Section 7-4-108 - Time of Receipt of Items.

Section 7-4-108Time of receipt of items. (a) For the purpose of allowing time to process items, prove balances, and make the necessary entries on its books to determine its position for the day, a bank may fix an afternoon hour of 2 p.m. or later as a cutoff hour for the handling of money and items and the making of entries on its books. (b) An item or deposit of money received on any day after a cutoff hour so fixed or after the close of the banking day may be treated as being received at the opening of the next banking day. (Acts 1995, No. 95-668, p. 1381, §2.)