Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Section 4.112
Payment of Check at Par

(a)

Except as otherwise provided by Chapter 3 (Insolvency, Fraudulent Transfers, and Fraud) or this chapter, a payor bank shall pay a check drawn on it against an account with a sufficient balance at par without regard to whether the payee holds an account at the bank.

(b)

This section does not prohibit a bank from requiring commercially reasonable verification of the payee’s identity before settlement of the check.

(c)

In addition to any remedy provided by law, the banking commissioner, in coordination with the Finance Commission of Texas, shall ensure that payor banks comply with the requirements of this section.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 699, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Sec. 4.201. STATUS OF COLLECTING BANK AS AGENT AND PROVISIONAL STATUS OF CREDITS; APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER; ITEM INDORSED “PAY ANY BANK”. (a) Unless a contrary intent clearly appears and before the time that a settlement given by a collecting bank for an item is or becomes final, the bank, with respect to the item, is an agent or sub-agent of the owner of the item and any settlement given for the item is provisional. This provision applies regardless of the form of indorsement or lack of indorsement and even though credit given for the item is subject to immediate withdrawal as of right or is in fact withdrawn; but the continuance of ownership of an item by its owner and any rights of the owner to proceeds of the item are subject to rights of a collecting bank, such as those resulting from outstanding advances on the item and rights of recoupment or setoff. If an item is handled by banks for purposes of presentment, payment, collection, or return, the relevant provisions of this chapter apply even though action of the parties clearly establishes that a particular bank has purchased the item and is the owner of it.

(b)

After an item has been indorsed with the words “pay any bank” or the like, only a bank may acquire the rights of a holder until the item has been:

(1)

returned to the customer initiating collection; or

(2)

specially indorsed by a bank to a person who is not a bank.
Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

Source: Section 4.112 — Payment of Check at Par, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.­4.­htm#4.­112 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

4.101
Short Title 4.102
Applicability 4.103
Variation by Agreement 4.104
Definitions and Index of Definitions 4.106
Payable Through or Payable at Bank 4.107
Separate Office of a Bank 4.108
Time of Receipt of Items 4.109
Delays 4.110
Electronic Presentment 4.111
Statute of Limitations 4.112
Payment of Check at Par 4.202
Responsibility for Collection or Return 4.203
Effect of Instructions 4.204
Methods of Sending and Presenting 4.205
Depository Bank Holder of Unindorsed Item 4.206
Transfer Between Banks 4.207
Transfer Warranties 4.208
Presentment Warranties 4.209
Encoding and Retention Warranties 4.210
Security Interest of Collecting Bank in Items, Accompanying Documents and Proceeds 4.211
When Bank Gives Value for Purposes of Holder in Due Course 4.212
Presentment by Notice of Item Not Payable By, Through or at a Bank 4.213
Medium and Time of Settlement by Bank 4.214
Right of Charge-back or Refund 4.215
Final Payment of Item by Payor Bank 4.216
Insolvency and Preference 4.301
Deferred Posting 4.302
Payor Bank’s Responsibility for Late Return of Item 4.303
When Items Subject to Notice, Stop-payment Order, Legal Process, or Setoff 4.401
When Bank May Charge Customer’s Account 4.402
Bank’s Liability to Customer for Wrongful Dishonor 4.403
Customer’s Right to Stop Payment 4.404
Bank Not Obligated to Pay Check More than Six Months Old 4.405
Death or Incompetence of Customer 4.406
Customer’s Duty to Discover and Report Unauthorized Signature or Alteration 4.407
Payor Bank’s Right to Subrogation on Improper Payment 4.501
Handling of Documentary Drafts 4.503
Responsibility of Presenting Bank for Documents and Goods 4.504
Privilege of Presenting Bank to Deal with Goods
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Apr. 13, 2024

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