§ 229.52. Substitute check warranties.
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(a)Content and provision of substitute-check warranties.
(1)A bank that transfers, presents, or returns a substitute check (or a paper or electronic representation of a substitute check) for which it receives consideration warrants to the parties listed in paragraph
(b)of this section that—
(i)The substitute check meets the requirements for legal equivalence described in § 229.51(a)(1) and (2); and
(ii)No depositary bank, drawee, drawer, or indorser will receive presentment or return of, or otherwise be charged for, the substitute check, the original check, or a paper or electronic representation of the substitute check or original check such that that person will be asked to make a payment based on a check that it already has paid.
(2)A bank that rejects a check submitted for deposit and returns to its customer a substitute check (or a paper or electronic representation of a substitute check) makes the warranties in paragraph (a)(1) of this section regardless of whether the bank received consideration.
(b)Warranty recipients. A bank makes the warranties described in paragraph
(a)of this section to the person to which the bank transfers, presents, or returns the substitute check or a paper or electronic representation of such substitute check and to any subsequent recipient, which could include a collecting or returning bank, the depositary bank, the drawer, the drawee, the payee, the depositor, and any indorser. These parties receive the warranties regardless of whether they received the substitute check or a paper or electronic representation of a substitute check. [69 FR 47311, Aug. 4, 2004, as amended at 82 FR 27584, June 15, 2017]
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§ 229.52
Substitute check warranties.
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