Louisiana § RS 10:4A-203 - Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders
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§ RS 10:4A-203. Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders
(a) If an accepted payment order is not, under R.S. 10:4A-202(a), an authorized order of a customer identified as sender, but is effective as an order of the customer pursuant to R.S. 10:4A-202(b), the following rules apply:
(1) By express agreement evidenced by a record, the receiving bank may limit the extent to which it is entitled to enforce or retain payment of the payment order.
(2) The receiving bank is not entitled to enforce or retain payment of the payment order if the customer proves that the order was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a person (i) entrusted at any time with duties to act for the customer with respect to payment orders or the security procedure, or (ii) who obtained access to transmitting facilities of the customer or who obtained, from a source controlled by the customer and without authority of the receiving bank, information facilitating breach of the security procedure, regardless of how the information was obtained or whether the customer was at fault. Information includes any access device, computer software, or the like.
(b) This Section applies to amendments of payment orders to the same extent it applies to payment orders.
Added by Acts 1990, No. 1079, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Acts 2024, No. 773, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 10:4A-203 ("Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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