PDFRCW 62A.4-106

Payable through or payable at bank; collecting bank.

(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 codrawee or a collecting bank, the bank is a collecting bank.
[ 1993 c 229 s 82; 1965 ex.s. c 157 s 4-106. Cf. former RCW sections: (i) RCW 30.52.010; 1955 c 33 s 30.52.010; prior: 1929 c 203 s 1; RRS s 3292-1. (ii) RCW 30.40.030 through 30.40.050; 1955 c 33 ss 30.40.030 through 30.40.050; prior: 1939 c 59 ss 1 through 3; RRS ss 3252-6 through 3252-8.]

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Recovery of attorneys' feesEffective date1993 c 229: See RCW 62A.11-111 and 62A.11-112.