(a) If an item states that it is “payable through” a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank.
(b) If an item states that it is “payable at” a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank.
(c) If a draft names a nonbank drawee and it is unclear whether a bank named in the draft is a co-drawee or a collecting bank, the bank is a collecting bank.
Structure Delaware Code
Article 4. Bank Deposits and Collections
Part 1. General Provisions and Definitions
§ 4-103. Variation by agreement; measure of damages; action constituting ordinary care.
§ 4-104. Definitions and index of definitions.
§ 4-106. Payable through or payable at bank; collecting bank.
§ 4-107. Separate office of bank.
§ 4-108. Time of receipt of items.