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336.4A-303 ERRONEOUS EXECUTION OF PAYMENT ORDER.
(a) A receiving bank that (i) executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment
order in an amount greater than the amount of the sender's order, or (ii) issues a payment order in
execution of the sender's order and then issues a duplicate order, is entitled to payment of the
amount of the sender's order under section 336.4A-402(c) if that subsection is otherwise satisfied.
The bank is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the erroneous order the excess payment
received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.
(b) A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment
order in an amount less than the amount of the sender's order is entitled to payment of the amount
of the sender's order under section 336.4A-402(c) if (i) that subsection is otherwise satisfied
and (ii) the bank corrects its mistake by issuing an additional payment order for the benefit of
the beneficiary of the sender's order. If the error is not corrected, the issuer of the erroneous
order is entitled to receive or retain payment from the sender of the order it accepted only to the
extent of the amount of the erroneous order. This subsection does not apply if the receiving
bank executes the sender's payment order by issuing a payment order in an amount less than the
amount of the sender's order for the purpose of obtaining payment of its charges for services and
expenses pursuant to instruction of the sender.
(c) If a receiving bank executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order
to a beneficiary different from the beneficiary of the sender's order and the funds transfer is
completed on the basis of that error, the sender of the payment order that was erroneously
executed and all previous senders in the funds transfer are not obliged to pay the payment orders
they issued. The issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the
order the payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.
History: 1990 c 582 art 1 s 23
(a) A receiving bank that (i) executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment
order in an amount greater than the amount of the sender's order, or (ii) issues a payment order in
execution of the sender's order and then issues a duplicate order, is entitled to payment of the
amount of the sender's order under section 336.4A-402(c) if that subsection is otherwise satisfied.
The bank is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the erroneous order the excess payment
received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.
(b) A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment
order in an amount less than the amount of the sender's order is entitled to payment of the amount
of the sender's order under section 336.4A-402(c) if (i) that subsection is otherwise satisfied
and (ii) the bank corrects its mistake by issuing an additional payment order for the benefit of
the beneficiary of the sender's order. If the error is not corrected, the issuer of the erroneous
order is entitled to receive or retain payment from the sender of the order it accepted only to the
extent of the amount of the erroneous order. This subsection does not apply if the receiving
bank executes the sender's payment order by issuing a payment order in an amount less than the
amount of the sender's order for the purpose of obtaining payment of its charges for services and
expenses pursuant to instruction of the sender.
(c) If a receiving bank executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order
to a beneficiary different from the beneficiary of the sender's order and the funds transfer is
completed on the basis of that error, the sender of the payment order that was erroneously
executed and all previous senders in the funds transfer are not obliged to pay the payment orders
they issued. The issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the
order the payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.
History: 1990 c 582 art 1 s 23
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