C.R.S. Section 4-4-406
Customer’s duty to discover and report unauthorized signature or alteration

(a)

A bank that sends or makes available to a customer a statement of account showing payment of items for the account shall either return or make available to the customer the items paid or provide information in the statement of account sufficient to allow the customer reasonably to identify the items paid. The statement of account provides sufficient information if the item is described by item number, amount, and date of payment. If the bank does not return the items, it shall provide in the statement of account the telephone number that the customer may call to request an item or a legible copy thereof pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(b)

If the items are not returned to the customer, the person retaining the items shall either retain the items or, if the items are destroyed, maintain the capacity to furnish legible copies of the items until the expiration of seven years after receipt of the items. A customer may request an item from the bank that paid the item, and that bank must provide in a reasonable time either the item or, if the item has been destroyed or is not otherwise obtainable, a legible copy of the item. A bank shall provide, upon request and without charge to the customer, at least two items or a legible copy thereof with respect to each statement of account sent to the customer.

(c)

If a bank sends or makes available a statement of account or items pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the customer must exercise reasonable promptness in examining the statement or the items to determine whether any payment was not authorized because of an alteration of an item or because a purported signature by or on behalf of the customer was not authorized. If, based on the statement or items provided, the customer should reasonably have discovered the unauthorized payment, the customer must promptly notify the bank of the relevant facts.

(d)

If the bank proves that the customer failed, with respect to an item, to comply with the duties imposed on the customer by subsection (c) of this section, the customer is precluded from asserting against the bank:

(1)

The customer’s unauthorized signature or any alteration on the item, if the bank also proves that it suffered a loss by reason of the failure; and

(2)

The customer’s unauthorized signature or alteration by the same wrongdoer on any other item paid in good faith by the bank if the payment was made before the bank received notice from the customer of the unauthorized signature or alteration and after the customer had been afforded a reasonable period of time, not exceeding thirty days, in which to examine the item or statement of account and notify the bank.

(e)

If subsection (d) of this section applies and the customer proves that the bank failed to exercise ordinary care in paying the item and that failure contributed to loss, the loss is allocated between the customer precluded and the bank asserting the preclusion according to the extent to which the failure of the customer to comply with subsection (c) of this section and the failure of the bank to exercise ordinary care contributed to the loss. If the customer proves that the bank did not pay the item in good faith, the preclusion under subsection (d) of this section does not apply.

(f)

Without regard to care or lack of care of either the customer or the bank, a customer who does not within one year after the statement or items are made available to the customer (subsection (a) of this section) discover and report the customer’s unauthorized signature on or any alteration on the item is precluded from asserting against the bank the unauthorized signature or alteration. If there is a preclusion under this subsection (f), the payor bank may not recover for breach of warranty under section 4-4-208 with respect to the unauthorized signature or alteration to which the preclusion applies.

Source: Section 4-4-406 — Customer’s duty to discover and report unauthorized signature or alteration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-04.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

4‑4‑101
Short title 4‑4‑102
Applicability 4‑4‑103
Variation by agreement - measure of damages - action constituting ordinary care 4‑4‑104
Definitions and index of definitions 4‑4‑105
“Bank” - “depositary bank” - “intermediary bank” - “collecting bank” - “payor bank” - “presenting bank” 4‑4‑106
Payable through or payable at bank - collecting bank 4‑4‑107
Separate office of bank 4‑4‑108
Time of receipt of items 4‑4‑109
Delays 4‑4‑110
Electronic presentment 4‑4‑111
Statute of limitations 4‑4‑201
Status of collecting banks as agent and provisional status of credits - applicability of article - item indorsed “pay any bank” 4‑4‑202
Responsibility for collection or return - when action timely 4‑4‑203
Effect of instructions 4‑4‑204
Methods of sending and presenting - sending directly to payor bank 4‑4‑205
Depositary bank holder of unindorsed item 4‑4‑206
Transfer between banks 4‑4‑207
Transfer warranties 4‑4‑208
Presentment warranties 4‑4‑209
Encoding and retention warranties 4‑4‑210
Security interest of collecting bank in items, accompanying documents, and proceeds 4‑4‑211
When bank gives value for purposes of holder in due course 4‑4‑212
Presentment by notice of item not payable by, through, or at a bank - liability of drawer or indorser 4‑4‑213
Medium and time of settlement by bank 4‑4‑214
Right of charge-back or refund - liability of collecting bank - return of item 4‑4‑215
Final payment of item by payor bank - when provisional debits and credits become final - when certain credits become available for withdrawal 4‑4‑216
Insolvency and preference 4‑4‑301
Deferred posting - recovery of payment by return of items - time of dishonor - return of items by payor bank 4‑4‑302
Payor bank’s responsibility for late return of item 4‑4‑303
When items subject to notice, stop-payment order, legal process, or setoff - order in which items may be charged or certified 4‑4‑401
When bank may charge customer’s account 4‑4‑402
Bank’s liability to customer for wrongful dishonor - time of determining insufficiency of account 4‑4‑403
Customer’s right to stop payment - burden of proof of loss 4‑4‑404
Bank not obligated to pay check more than six months old 4‑4‑405
Death or incompetence of customer 4‑4‑406
Customer’s duty to discover and report unauthorized signature or alteration 4‑4‑407
Payor bank’s right to subrogation on improper payment 4‑4‑501
Handling of documentary drafts - duty to send for presentment and to notify customer of dishonor 4‑4‑502
Presentment of “on arrival” drafts 4‑4‑503
Responsibility of presenting bank for documents and goods - report of reason for dishonor - referee in case of need 4‑4‑504
Privilege of presenting bank to deal with goods - security interest for expenses
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 4-4-406’s source at colorado​.gov