O.C.G.A.
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O.C.G.A. § 11-4-203 (2019)

Effect of instructions

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Subject to Article 3 of this title concerning conversion of instruments (Code Section 11-3-420) and restrictive indorsements (Code Section 11-3-206), only a collecting bank’s transferor can give instructions that affect the bank or constitute notice to it and a collecting bank is not liable to prior parties for any action taken pursuant to the instructions or in accordance with any agreement with its transferor.

History

Code 1933, § 109A-4-203, enacted by

Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 6.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 11 Am. Jur. 2d, Banks and Financial Institutions, § 976. C.J.S. 9 C.J.S., Banks and Banking, § 383 et seq.

U.L.A. Uniform Commercial Code (U.L.A.) § 4203.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: First Guar. Bank v. Nw. Georgia Bank, 417 S.E.2d 348 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992).
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First Guar. Bank v. Nw. Georgia Bank, 417 S.E.2d 348 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 8× “It applied OCGA § 11-4-203, under which a collecting bank is not liable to prior parties for any action taken pursuant to instructions given by the collecting bank’s transferor, which in this case is First Guaranty.”
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