2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 073 - Negotiable Instruments
Section 73.0501 - Presentment.

(2) The following rules are subject to ORS chapter 74, agreement of the parties, and clearing house rules and the like:
(a) Presentment may be made at the place of payment of the instrument and shall be made at the place of payment if the instrument is payable at the bank in the United States, may be made by any commercially reasonable means, including an oral, written or electronic communication, is effective when the demand for payment or acceptance is received by the person to whom presentment is made, and is effective if made to any one of two or more makers, acceptors, drawees or other payors.
(b) Upon demand of the person to whom presentment is made, the person making presentment must:
(A) Exhibit the instrument;
(B) Give reasonable identification and, if presentment is made on behalf of another person, reasonable evidence of authority to do so; and
(C) Sign a receipt on the instrument for any payment made or surrender the instrument if full payment is made.
(c) Without dishonoring the instrument, the party to whom presentment is made may:
(A) Return the instrument for lack of a necessary indorsement; or
(B) Refuse payment or acceptance for failure of the presentment to comply with the terms of the instrument, an agreement of the parties, or other applicable law or rule.
(d) The party to whom presentment is made may treat presentment as occurring on the next business day after the day of presentment if the party to whom presentment is made has established a cutoff hour not earlier than 2 p.m. for the receipt and processing of instruments presented for payment or acceptance and presentment is made after the cutoff hour. [1993 c.545 §62]

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