Effective: August 19, 1994
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 147 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 1304.01 to 1304.40 of the Revised Code, a payor bank wrongfully dishonors an item if it dishonors an item that is properly payable, but a bank may dishonor an item that would create an overdraft unless it has agreed to pay the overdraft.
(B) A payor bank is liable to its customer for damages proximately caused by the wrongful dishonor of an item. Liability is limited to actual damages proved and damages may include damages for an arrest or prosecution of the customer or other consequential damages. Whether any consequential damages are proximately caused by the wrongful dishonor is a question of fact to be determined in each case.
(C) A payor bank's determination of the customer's account balance on which a decision to dishonor for insufficiency of available funds is based may be made at any time between the time the item is received by the payor bank and the time that the payor bank returns the item or gives notice in lieu of return, and no more than one determination need be made. If, at the election of the payor bank, a subsequent balance determination is made for the purpose of reevaluating the bank's decision to dishonor the item, the account balance at that time is determinative of whether a dishonor for insufficiency of available funds is wrongful.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 13 | Commercial Transactions
Chapter 1304 | Bank Deposits and Collections
Section 1304.01 | Definitions - Ucc 4-104, 4-105.
Section 1304.02 | Applicability - Ucc 4-102.
Section 1304.04 | Separate Office of Bank - Ucc 4-107.
Section 1304.05 | Payable Through or Payable at Bank - Ucc 4-106.
Section 1304.06 | Time of Receipt of Items - Ucc 4-108.
Section 1304.07 | Delays - Ucc 4-109.
Section 1304.08 | Electronic Presentment - Ucc 4-110.
Section 1304.09 | Statute of Limitations - Ucc 4-111.
Section 1304.12 | Responsibility for Collection or Return - When Action Timely - Ucc 4-202.
Section 1304.13 | Effect of Instructions - Ucc 4-203.
Section 1304.14 | Methods of Sending and Presenting - Sending Directly to Payor Bank - Ucc 4-204.
Section 1304.15 | Depositary Bank Holder of Unindorsed Item - Ucc 4-205.
Section 1304.16 | Transfer Between Banks - Ucc 4-206.
Section 1304.17 | Transfer Warranties - Ucc 4-207.
Section 1304.18 | Presentment Warranties - Ucc 4-208.
Section 1304.19 | Encoding and Retention Warranties - Ucc 4-209.
Section 1304.21 | When Bank Gives Value for Purposes of Holder in Due Course - Ucc 4-211.
Section 1304.23 | Medium and Time of Settlement by Bank - Ucc 4-213.
Section 1304.26 | Insolvency and Preference - Ucc 4-216.
Section 1304.28 | Payor Bank's Responsibility for Late Return of Item - Ucc 4-302.
Section 1304.30 | When Bank May Charge Customer's Account - Ucc 4-401.
Section 1304.32 | Customer's Right to Stop Payment - Burden of Proof of Loss - Ucc 4-403.
Section 1304.33 | Bank Not Obliged to Pay Check More Than Six Months Old - Ucc 4-404.
Section 1304.34 | Death or Incompetence of Customer - Ucc 4-405.
Section 1304.36 | Payor Bank's Right to Subrogation on Improper Payment - Ucc 4-407.
Section 1304.38 | Presentment of on Arrival Drafts - Ucc 4-502.
Section 1304.51 | Definitions - Ucc 4a-103, 4a-104, 4a-105.
Section 1304.52 | Application of Provisions - Ucc 4a-102.
Section 1304.53 | Time Payment Order Is Received - Ucc 4a-106.
Section 1304.54 | Federal Reserve Regulations and Operating Circulars - Ucc 4a-107.
Section 1304.56 | Security Procedure - Ucc 4a-201.
Section 1304.57 | Authorized and Verified Payment Orders - Ucc 4a-202.
Section 1304.58 | Unenforceability of Certain Verified Payment Orders - Ucc 4a-203.
Section 1304.60 | Erroneous Payment Orders - Ucc 4a-205.
Section 1304.62 | Misdescription of Beneficiary - Ucc 4a-207.
Section 1304.63 | Misdescription of Intermediary Bank or Beneficiary's Bank - Ucc 4a-208.
Section 1304.64 | Acceptance of Payment Order - Ucc 4a-209.
Section 1304.65 | Rejection of Payment Order - Ucc 4a-210.
Section 1304.66 | Cancellation and Amendment of Payment Order - Ucc 4a-211.
Section 1304.68 | Execution and Execution Date - Ucc 4a-301.
Section 1304.69 | Obligations of Receiving Bank in Execution of Payment Order - Ucc 4a-302.
Section 1304.70 | Erroneous Execution of Payment Order - Ucc 4a-303.
Section 1304.71 | Duty of Sender to Report Erroneously Executed Payment Order - Ucc 4a-304.
Section 1304.73 | Payment Date - Ucc 4a-401.
Section 1304.74 | Obligation of Sender to Pay Receiving Bank - Ucc 4a-402.
Section 1304.75 | Payment by Sender to Receiving Bank - Ucc 4a-403.
Section 1304.77 | Payment by Beneficiary's Bank to Beneficiary - Ucc 4a-405.
Section 1304.79 | Variation by Agreement and Effect of Funds-Transfer System Rule - Ucc 4a-501.
Section 1304.81 | Injunction or Restraining Order With Respect to Funds Transfer - Ucc 4a-503.
Section 1304.83 | Preclusion of Objection to Debit of Customer's Account - Ucc 4a-505.