Tennessee § 47-4-101 - Short title.
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§ 47-4-101. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as “Uniform Commercial Code — Bank Deposits and Collections.” Acts 1963, ch. 81, § 1 (4-101); 1995, ch. 397, § 3. Compiler's Notes. Official Comments in Article 4 (title 47, chapter 4): Copyright by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Reprinted with permission of the Permanent Editorial Board of the Uniform Commercial Code. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Banks and Banking, § 2. Law Reviews. Bank-Depositor Relationship — A Comparison of the Present Tennessee Law and the Uniform Commercial Code (J.A. Spanogle, Jr.), 16 Vand. L. Rev. 79. The Law of Negotiable Instruments, Bank Deposits, and Collections in Tennessee: A Survey of Changes in the 1990 Revision to UCC Articles 3 and 4 (Virginia Wilson), 28 U. Mem. L. Rev. 117 (1997). Thoughts on West Side Bank and Cooper v. Union Bank in Light of the Revision of UCC Articles 3 and 4 (Ronald L. Hersbergen), 24 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 61 (1993). Comparative Legislation. Uniform Commercial Code — Bank Deposits and Collections: Ala. Code § 7-4-101 et seq. Ark. Code § 4-4-101 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 11-4-101 et seq. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 355.4-101 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 75-4-101 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 400.4-101 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-4-101 et seq. Va. Code § 8.4-101 et seq. Cited: Hobson v. First State Bank, 777 S.W.2d 24, 1989 Tenn. App. LEXIS 286 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1989); Union Export Co. v. N.I.B. Intermarket, A.B., 786 S.W.2d 628, 1990 Tenn. LEXIS 102 (Tenn. 1990). Collateral References. 15A Am. Jur. 2d Commercial Code § 1 et seq. Construction and effect of UCC Art. 4, dealing with bank deposits and collections. 18 A.L.R.3d 1376, 97 A.L.R.3d 714, 22 A.L.R.4th 10, 29 A.L.R.4th 631, 88 A.L.R.4th 568, 88 A.L.R.4th 613, 88 A.L.R.4th 644.
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