New Jersey § 12a:4a-208

§ 12a:4a-208.

(1) This subsection applies to a payment order identifying an intermediary bank or

the beneficiary's bank only by an identifying number. (a) The receiving bank may rely on the number as the proper identification of the

intermediary or beneficiary's bank and need not determine whether the number identifies

a bank. (b) The sender is obliged to compensate the receiving bank for any loss and expenses

incurred by the receiving bank as a result of its reliance on the number in executing

or attempting to execute the order. (2) This subsection applies to a payment order identifying an intermediary bank or

the beneficiary's bank both by name and an identifying number if the name and number

identify different persons. (a) If the sender is a bank, the receiving bank may rely on the number as the proper

identification of the intermediary or beneficiary's bank if the receiving bank, when

it executes the sender's order, does not know that the name and number identify different

persons. The receiving bank need not determine whether the name and number refer to the same

person or whether the number refers to a bank. The sender is obliged to compensate the receiving bank for any loss and expenses

incurred by the receiving bank as a result of its reliance on the number in executing

or attempting to execute the order. (b) If the sender is not a bank and the receiving bank proves that the sender, before

the payment order was accepted, had notice that the receiving bank might rely on the

number as the proper identification of the intermediary or beneficiary's bank even

if it identifies a person different from the bank identified by name, the rights and

obligations of the sender and the receiving bank are governed by subsection (2)(a),

as though the sender were a bank. Proof of notice may be made by any admissible evidence. The receiving bank satisfies the burden of proof if it proves that the sender, before

the payment order was accepted, signed a writing stating the information to which

the notice relates. (c) Regardless of whether the sender is a bank, the receiving bank may rely on the

name as the proper identification of the intermediary or beneficiary's bank if the

receiving bank, at the time it executes the sender's order, does not know that the

name and number identify different persons. The receiving bank need not determine whether the name and number refer to the same

person. (d) If the receiving bank knows that the name and number identify different persons,

reliance on either the name or the number in executing the sender's payment order

is a breach of the obligation stated in section 12A:4A-302(1)(a) .