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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter IV - Liability of Parties (§§ 651 — 670) › § 665 - Obligation of indorser

(a) Subject to subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section and to § 669(d) of this title, if an instrument is dishonored, an indorser is obliged to pay the amount due on the instrument: (i) According to the terms of the instrument at the time it was indorsed, or (ii) if the indorser indorsed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in §§ 515 and 657 of this title. The obligation of the indorser is owed to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to a subsequent indorser who paid the instrument under this section.
(b) If an indorsement states that it is made “without recourse” or otherwise disclaims liability of the indorser, the indorser is not liable under subsection (a) of this section to pay the instrument.
(c) If notice of dishonor of an instrument is required by § 703 of this title and notice of dishonor complying with that section is not given to an indorser, the liability of the indorser under subsection (a) of this section is discharged.
(d) If a draft is accepted by a bank after an indorsement is made, the liability of the indorser under subsection (a) of this section is discharged.
(e) If an indorser of a check is liable under subsection (a) of this section and the check is not presented for payment, or given to a deposit[o]ry bank for collection, within 30 days after the day the indorsement was made, the liability of the indorser under subsection (a) of this section is discharged.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-415; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter IV - Liability of Parties (§§ 651 — 670) › § 666 - Transfer warranties

(a) A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants to the transferee and, if the transfer is by indorsement, to any subsequent transferee that:
(1) The warrantor is a person entitled to enforce the instrument;
(2) all signatures on the instrument are authentic and authorized;
(3) the instrument has not been altered;
(4) the instrument is not subject to a defense or claim in recoupment of any party which can be asserted against the warrantor, and
(5) the warrantor has no knowledge of any insolvency proceeding commenced with respect to the maker or acceptor or, in the case of an unaccepted draft, the drawer.
(b) A person to whom the warranties under subsection (a) of this section are made and who took the instrument in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, but not more than the amount of the instrument plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.
(c) The warranties stated in subsection (a) of this section cannot be disclaimed with respect to checks. Unless notice of a claim for breach of warranty is given to the warrantor within 30 days after the claimant has reason to know of the breach and the identity of the warrantor, the liability of the warrantor under subsection (b) of this section is discharged to the extent of any loss caused by the delay in giving notice of the claim.
(d) A cause of action for breach of warranty under this section accrues when the claimant has reason to know of the breach.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-416; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter IV - Liability of Parties (§§ 651 — 670) › § 668 - Payment or acceptance by mistake

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, 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 § 953 of this title, 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) of this section, if an instrument has been paid or accepted by mistake and the case is not covered by subsection (a) of this section, 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) of this section 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 §§ 667 or 957 of this title.
(d) Notwithstanding § 865 of this title, if an instrument is paid or accepted by mistake and the payor or acceptor recovers payment or revokes acceptance under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-418; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter IV - Liability of Parties (§§ 651 — 670) › § 669 - Instruments signed for accommodation

(a) If an instrument is issued for value given for the benefit of a party (“accommodated party”) and another party signs the instrument for the purpose of incurring liability on the instrument (“accommodation party”) 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) of this section, is obliged to pay the instrument in the capacity in which the accommodation party signs. The obligation of an accommodation party may be enforced 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 § 755 of this title, the obligation of an accommodation party to pay the instrument is enforceable regardless of whether the person enforcing the obligation had notice when taking the instrument that the same was signed 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-419; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter IV - Liability of Parties (§§ 651 — 670) › § 670 - Conversion of instrument

(a) The law applicable to conversion of personal property applies to instruments. 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 indorser 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) of this section, 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) Except for a deposit[o]ry bank, any other representative 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-420; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter V - Dishonor of the Instrument (§§ 701 — 705) › § 701 - Presentment

(a) Presentment. — Means a demand made by or on behalf of a person entitled to enforce an instrument: (1) 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 (2) to accept a draft made to the drawee.
(b) The following rules are subject to §§ 801-1004 of this title, agreement of the parties, and clearinghouse 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, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands; 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 (2) 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 cut-off 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 cut-off hour.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-501; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter V - Dishonor of the Instrument (§§ 701 — 705) › § 703 - Notice

(a) The obligation of an indorser stated in § 665(a) of this title and the obligation of a drawer stated in § 664(d) of this title 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 § 704(b) of this title.
(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 § 704(c) of this title, 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 thirty (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 thirty (30) days following the day on which dishonor occurs.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-503; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter V - Dishonor of the Instrument (§§ 701 — 705) › § 704 - Presentment and notice

(a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is excused if: (1) the person entitled to present the instrument cannot with reasonable diligence make presentment, (2) the maker or acceptor has repudiated an obligation to pay the instrument or is dead or in insolvency proceedings, (3) by the terms of the instrument, presentment is not necessary to enforce the obligation of indorsers or the drawer, (4) 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 (5) 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: (1) by the terms of the instrument notice of dishonor is not necessary to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument, or (2) 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-504; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter V - Dishonor of the Instrument (§§ 701 — 705) › § 705 - Evidence of dishonor of the instrument

(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) of this section 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-505; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter VI - Discharge and Payment (§§ 751 — 755) › § 751 - Discharge and effect of discharge

(a) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is discharged as stated in §§ 501-755 of this title 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-601; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter VI - Discharge and Payment (§§ 751 — 755) › § 752 - Payment

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, 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 § 606 of this title by another person.
(b) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is not discharged under subsection (a) of this section if:
(1) A claim to the instrument under § 606 of this title 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-602; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter VI - Discharge and Payment (§§ 751 — 755) › § 753 - Tender of payment

(a) If tender of payment of an obligation to pay 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.
(b) If tender of payment of an obligation to pay 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 ready to pay on the due date at the 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-603; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 43 - General Provisions (§§ 501 — 755) › Subchapter VI - Discharge and Payment (§§ 751 — 755) › § 754 - Discharge 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) of this section does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the indorsement.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 2-604; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 801 - Title

Sections 801-1004 of this title may be cited as Chapter 45: Bank Deposits and Collections.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-101; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 802 - Applicability

(a) To the extent that items within §§ 801-1004 of this title are also within §§ 501-755 of this title and §§ 1701-1911 of this title, they are subject to §§ 501-755 of this title and §§ 1701-1911 of this title. If there is conflict, §§ 801-1004 of this title govern §§ 501-755 of this title, but §§ 1701-1911 of this title govern §§ 801-1004 of this title.
(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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-102; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3; Sept. 19, 1996, No. 241, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 803 - Variation by agreement; measure of damages; action constituting ordinary care

(a) The effect of the provisions of §§ 801-1004 of this title 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) of this section, whether or not specifically assented to by all parties interested in items handled.
(c) Action or non-action approved by §§ 801-1004 of this title 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 §§ 801-1004 of this title, is prima facie the exercise of ordinary care.
(d) The specification or approval of certain procedures by §§ 801-1004 of this title 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-103; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 805 - Bank; depository bank; payor bank; intermediary bank; collecting bank; presenting bank

In §§ 801-1004 of this title:
(1) Bank. — Means a person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings bank, a savings and loan association, a savings and loan union or cooperative or a trust company.
(2) Depository 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 depository 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-105; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 806 - Payable 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, the item is equivalent to a draft drawn on 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.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-106; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 807 - Separate office of bank

A branch or separate office of a bank is a separate bank for the purpose of computing the period of time within which and determining the place at or to which action may be taken or notices or orders shall be given under §§ 801-1004 of this title and under §§ 501-755 of this title.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-107; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 808 - Time of receipt of items or payments of loans or obligations

(a) For purposes 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 a cut-off time for money or item transactions and book entries that shall not be earlier than two in the afternoon (2:00 p.m.). Banks and cooperatives shall date and credit any transaction on the day they were made either by drive- through or any similar service offered by the bank or cooperative.
(b) Any item or deposit of money received on any day after the cut-off time shall be treated as being received at the opening of the next banking day for internal purposes only; never for the purpose of providing transaction confirmation, crediting an account or debt, or imposing late fees. [sic]
(c) In the case of loans and obligations, if the payment due date is on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday and the payment transaction is made on any of such days, the creditor shall treat such payment as received on time and may not impose late fees, even when, for operating or accounting purposes, the creditor deems such transaction to be made on another day. Creditors are required to provide transaction receipts bearing the date on which such transaction was made.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-108; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 239, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 809 - Delays

(a) Unless otherwise instructed, a collecting bank in a good faith effort to secure payment of a specific item drawn on a payor other than a bank, and with or without the approval of any person involved, may waive, modify, or extend time limits imposed or permitted by §§ 401 et seq. of this title for a period not exceeding two (2) additional banking days without discharge of drawers or indorsers or liability to its transferor or a prior party.
(b) Delay by a collecting bank or payor bank beyond time limits prescribed or permitted by this §§ 401 et seq. of this title or by instructions is excused if: (i) the delay is caused by interruption of communication systems or computer facilities, suspension of payments by another bank, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond the control of the bank, and (ii) the bank exercises such diligence as the circumstances require.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-109; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 810 - Electronic presentment

(a) Agreement for electronic presentment. — Means an agreement, clearing-house rule, or Federal Reserve regulation or operating circular, providing that presentment of an item may be made by transmission of an image of an item or information describing the item (“presentment notice”) rather than delivery of the item itself. The agreement may provide for procedures governing retention, presentment, payment, dishonor, and other matters concerning items subject to the agreement.
(b) Presentment of an item pursuant to an agreement for presentment is made when the presentment notice is received.
(c) If presentment is made by presentment notice, a reference to “item” or “check” in §§ 801-1004 of this title means the presentment notice unless the context otherwise indicates.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-110; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter I - [Scope] and Definitions (§§ 801 — 811) › § 811 - Statute of limitations

An action to enforce an obligation, duty, or right arising under §§ 801—1004 of this title must be commenced within three (3) years after the cause of action accrues. The statute of limitations shall be interrupted by suit or any judicial proceeding brought against the debtor, by the acknowledgment of the obligations, or by the renewal of the instrument on which the right of the creditor is based. The statute of limitations shall be considered uninterrupted by a judicial proceeding if the plaintiff should withdraw it, or the case should go by default or the complaint be dismissed. The period of the statute of limitations shall begin to be counted again, in case of the acknowledgment of the obligations, from the day this is done; in case of their renewal, from the date of the new instrument, and if the period for meeting the obligation should have been extended, from the date this extension expires.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-111; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 851 - Status of collecting bank; applicability of chapter; item indorsed

(a) Unless a contrary intent clearly appears and before the time that a settlement given by a collecting bank for an item is or becomes final, the bank, with respect to an item, is the agent or sub-agent of the owner of the item and any settlement given for the item is provisional. This provision applies regardless of the form of indorsement or lack of indorsement and even though credit given for the item is subject to immediate withdrawal as of right or is in fact withdrawn; but the continuance of ownership of an item by its owner and any rights of the owner to proceeds of the item are subject to rights of a collecting bank, such as those resulting from outstanding advances on the item and rights of recoupment or setoff. If an item is handled by banks for purposes of presentment, payment, collection, or return, the relevant provisions of this chapter apply even though action of the parties clearly establishes that a particular bank has purchased the item and is the owner of it.
(b) After an item has been indorsed with the words “pay any bank” or the like, only a bank may acquire the rights of a holder until the item has been:
(1) Returned to the customer initiating collection, or
(2) specially indorsed by a bank to a person who is not a bank.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-201; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 852 - Responsibility for collection or return; when action [is] timely

(a) A collecting bank must exercise ordinary care in:
(1) Presenting an item or sending it for presentment;
(2) sending notice of dishonor or nonpayment or returning an item other than a documentary draft to the bank’s transferor after learning that the item has not been paid or accepted, as the case may be;
(3) settling for an item when the bank receives final settlement, and
(4) notifying its transferor of any loss or delay in transit within a reasonable time after discovery thereof.
(b) A collecting bank exercises ordinary care under subsection (a) of this section by taking proper action before its midnight deadline following receipt of an item, notice, or settlement. Taking proper action within a reasonably longer time may constitute the exercise of ordinary care, but the bank has the burden of establishing timeliness.
(c) Subject to subsection (a)(1) of this section, a bank is not liable for the insolvency, neglect, misconduct, mistake, or default of another bank or person or for loss or destruction of an item in the possession of others or in transit.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-202; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 853 - Effect of instructions

Subject to §§ 501-755 of this title concerning conversion of instruments (§ 670 of this title) and restrictive indorsements (§ 556 of this title), only a collecting bank’s transferor can give instructions that affect the bank or constitute notice to it, and a collecting bank is not liable to prior parties for any action taken pursuant to the instructions or in accordance with any agreement with its transferor.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-203; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 854 - Methods of sending and presenting; sending directly to payor bank

(a) A collecting bank shall send items by a reasonably prompt method, taking into consideration relevant instructions, the nature of the item, the number of those items on hand, the cost of collection involved, and the method generally used by it or others to present those items.
(b) A collecting bank may send an item:
(1) Directly to the payor bank;
(2) to a nonbank payor if authorized by its transferor, and
(3) other than a documentary draft to a nonbank payor, if authorized by Federal Reserve regulation or operating circular, clearing-house rule, or the like.
(c) Presentment may be made by a presenting bank at a place where the payor bank or other payor has requested that presentment be made.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-204; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 855 - Depository bank holder of unindorsed item

If a customer delivers an item to a depository bank for collection:
(1) The depository bank becomes a holder of the item at the time it receives the item for collection if the customer at the time of delivery was a holder of the item, whether or not the customer indorses the item, and, if the bank satisfies the other requirements of § 602 of this title, it is a holder in due course, and
(2) the depository bank warrants to collecting banks, the payor bank or other payor, and the drawer that the amount of the item was paid to the customer or deposited to the customer’s account.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-205; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 856 - Transfer between banks

Any agreed method that identifies the transferor bank is sufficient for the item’s further transfer to another bank.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-206; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 857 - Transfer warranties

(a) A customer or collecting bank that transfers an item and receives a settlement or other consideration warrants to the transferee and to any subsequent collecting bank that:
(1) The warrantor is a person entitled to enforce the item;
(2) all signatures on the item are authentic and authorized;
(3) the item has not been altered;
(4) the item is not subject to a defense or claim in recoupment (§ 605(a) of this title) of any party that can be asserted against the warrantor, and
(5) the warrantor has no knowledge of any insolvency proceeding commenced with respect to the maker or acceptor or, in the case of an unaccepted draft, the drawer.
(b) If an item is dishonored, a customer or collecting bank transferring the item and receiving settlement or other consideration is obliged to pay the amount due on the item: (i) according to the terms of the item at the time it was transferred, or (ii) if the transfer was of an incomplete item, according to its terms when completed as stated in §§ 515 and 657 of this title. The obligation of a transferor is owed to the transferee and to any subsequent collecting bank that takes the item in good faith. A transferor cannot disclaim its obligation under this subsection by an indorsement stating that it is made “without recourse” or otherwise disclaiming liability.
(c) A person to whom the warranties under subsection (a) of this section are made and who took the item in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, but not more than the amount of the item plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.
(d) The warranties stated in subsection (a) of this section cannot be disclaimed with respect to checks. Unless notice of a claim for breach of warranty is given to the warrantor within 30 days after the claimant has reason to know of the breach and the identity of the warrantor, the warrantor is discharged to the extent of any loss caused by the delay in giving notice of the claim.
(e) A cause of action for breach of warranty under this section accrues when the claimant has reason to know of the breach.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-207; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 859 - Encoding and retention warranties

(a) A person who encodes information on or with respect to an item after issue warrants to any subsequent collecting bank and to the payor bank or other payor that the information is correctly encoded. If the customer of a deposit[o]ry bank encodes, that bank also makes the warranty.
(b) A person who undertakes to retain an item pursuant to an agreement for electronic presentment warrants to any subsequent collecting bank and to the payor bank or other payor that retention and presentment of the item comply with the agreement. If a customer of a deposit[o]ry bank undertakes to retain an item, that bank also makes this warranty.
(c) A person to whom warranties are made under this section and who took the item in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-209; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 860 - Security interest of collecting bank in items, accompanying documents and proceeds

(a) A collecting bank has a security interest in an item and any accompanying documents or the proceeds of either:
(1) In case of an item deposited in an account, to the extent to which credit given for the item has been withdrawn or applied;
(2) in case of an item for which it has given credit available for withdrawal as of right, to the extent of the credit given, whether or not the credit is drawn upon or there is a right of charge-back, or
(3) if it makes an advance on or against the item.
(b) If credit given for several items received at one time or pursuant to a single agreement is withdrawn or applied in part, the security interest remains upon all the items, any accompanying documents or the proceeds of either. For the purpose of this section, credits first given are first withdrawn.
(c) Receipt by a collecting bank of a final settlement for an item is a realization on its security interest in the item, accompanying documents, and proceeds. So long as the bank does not receive final settlement for the item or give up possession of the item or accompanying documents for purposes other than collection, the security interest continues to that extent and is subject to §§ 2211 et seq. of this title, but:
(1) No security agreement is necessary to make the security interest enforceable (§ 2233(b)(3)(A));
(2) no filing is required to perfect the security interest, and
(3) the security interest has priority over conflicting perfected security interests in the item, accompanying documents, or proceeds.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-210; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3; Jan. 17, 2012, No. 21, § 14, eff. 1 year after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 861 - When bank gives value for purposes of holder in due course

For purposes of determining its status as a holder in due course, a bank has given value to the extent it has a security interest in an item, if the bank otherwise complies with the requirements of § 602 of this title on what constitutes a holder in due course.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-211; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINETEEN - Negotiable Instruments (§§ 1-24 — 2409) › Subtitle 2 - Commercial Transactions (§§ 401 — 2409) › Chapter 45 - Bank Deposits and Collections (§§ 801 — 1004) › Subchapter II - Collection of Items; Depository and Collecting Banks (§§ 851 — 866) › § 862 - Presentment by notice of item not payable by, through, or at bank; liability of drawer or indorser

(a) Unless otherwise instructed, a collecting bank may present an item not payable by, through, or at a bank by sending to the party to accept or pay a written notice that the bank holds the item for acceptance or payment. The notice must be sent in time to be received on or before the day when presentment is due and the bank must meet any requirement of the party to accept or pay under § 701 of this title by the close of the bank’s next banking day after it knows of the requirement.
(b) If presentment is made by notice and payment, acceptance, or request for compliance with a requirement under § 701 of this title is not received by the close of business on the day after maturity or, in the case of demand items, by the close of business on the third banking day after notice was sent, the presenting bank may treat the item as dishonored and charge any drawer or indorser by sending it notice of the facts.
History —Aug. 17, 1995, No. 208, § 3-212; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 176, § 3.