New Jersey § 12a:4a-204

Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 12a:4a-204, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 12a:4a-204.

(1) If a receiving bank accepts a payment order issued in the name of its customer

as sender which is (i) not authorized and not effective as the order of the customer

under section 12A:4A-202 , or (ii) not enforceable, in whole or in part, against the customer under section 12A:4A-203 , the bank shall refund any payment of the payment order received from the customer

to the extent the bank is not entitled to enforce payment and shall pay interest on

the refundable amount calculated from the date the bank received payment to the date

of the refund. However, the customer is not entitled to interest from the bank on the amount to

be refunded if the customer fails to exercise ordinary care to determine that the

order was not authorized by the customer and to notify the bank of the relevant facts

within a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days after the date the customer received

notification from the bank that the order was accepted or that the customer's account

was debited with respect to the order. The bank is not entitled to any recovery from the customer on account of a failure

by the customer to give notification as stated in this section. (2) Reasonable time under subsection (1) may be fixed by agreement as stated in section 12A:1-204(1) , but the obligation of a receiving bank to refund payment as stated in subsection

(1) may not otherwise be varied by agreement.

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