Sender's agreement; recovery by Reserve Bank.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 12

(a) (1) (2) (i) The sender is a person entitled to enforce the item or authorized to obtain payment of the item on behalf of a person entitled to enforce the item; (ii) The item has not been altered; and (iii) The item bears all indorsements applied by parties that previously handled the item for forward collection or return. (3) (4) (5) (A) The sender's lack of authority to make the warranty in paragraph (a)(1) of this section; (B) Any action taken by the Reserve Bank within the scope of its authority in handling the item; or (C) Any warranty or indemnity made by the Reserve Bank under § 210.6(b), part 229 of this chapter, the U.C.C., or, regarding the sending of items, an operating circular issued in accordance with § 210.3(a). (ii) A sender's liability for warranties and indemnities that the Reserve Bank makes for a substitute check, a paper or electronic representation thereof, or for an electronic check is subject to the following conditions and limitations— (A) A sender of an original check shall not be liable under paragraph (a)(5)(i) of this section for any amount that the Reserve Bank pays under subpart D of part 229 of this chapter, or under § 229.34 of this chapter with respect to an electronic check, absent the sender's agreement to the contrary; and (B) Nothing in this subpart alters the liability of a sender of a substitute check or paper or electronic representation of a substitute check under subpart D of part 229 of this chapter, or a sender of an electronic

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 12:§ 210.5