C.R.S. Section 4-4.5-202
Authorized and verified payment orders

(a)

A payment order received by the receiving bank is the authorized order of the person identified as sender if that person authorized the order or is otherwise bound by it under the law of agency.

(b)

If a bank and its customer have agreed that the authenticity of payment orders issued to the bank in the name of the customer as sender will be verified pursuant to a security procedure, a payment order received by the receiving bank is effective as the order of the customer, whether or not authorized, if (i) the security procedure is a commercially reasonable method of providing security against unauthorized payment orders and (ii) the bank proves that it accepted the payment order in good faith and in compliance with the bank’s obligations under the security procedure and any agreement or instruction of the customer, evidenced by a record, restricting acceptance of payment orders issued in the name of the customer. The bank is not required to follow an instruction that violates an agreement with the customer, evidenced by a record, or notice of which is not received at a time and in a manner affording the bank a reasonable opportunity to act on it before the payment order is accepted.

(c)

Commercial reasonableness of a security procedure is a question of law to be determined by considering the wishes of the customer expressed to the bank; the circumstances of the customer known to the bank, including the size, type, and frequency of payment orders normally issued by the customer to the bank; alternative security procedures offered to the customer; and security procedures in general use by customers and receiving banks similarly situated. A security procedure is deemed to be commercially reasonable if (i) the security procedure was chosen by the customer after the bank offered, and the customer refused, a security procedure that was commercially reasonable for that customer and (ii) the customer expressly agreed in a record to be bound by any payment order, whether or not authorized, issued in its name and accepted by the bank in compliance with the bank’s obligations under the security procedure chosen by the customer.

(d)

The term “sender” in this article includes the customer in whose name a payment order is issued if the order is the authorized order of the customer under subsection (a) of this section, or it is effective as the order of the customer under subsection (b) of this section.

(e)

This section applies to amendments and cancellations of payment orders to the same extent it applies to payment orders.

(f)

Except as provided in this section and in section 4-4.5-203 (a)(1), rights and obligations arising under this section or section 4-4.5-203 may not be varied by agreement.

Source: Section 4-4.5-202 — Authorized and verified payment orders, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-04.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

4‑4.5‑101
Short title 4‑4.5‑102
Subject matter 4‑4.5‑103
Payment order - definitions 4‑4.5‑104
Funds transfer - definitions 4‑4.5‑105
Other definitions 4‑4.5‑106
Time payment order is received 4‑4.5‑107
Federal reserve regulations and operating circulars 4‑4.5‑108
Relationship to federal “Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978” 4‑4.5‑201
Security procedure 4‑4.5‑202
Authorized and verified payment orders 4‑4.5‑203
Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders 4‑4.5‑204
Refund of payment and duty of customer to report with respect to unauthorized payment order 4‑4.5‑205
Erroneous payment orders 4‑4.5‑206
Transmission of payment order through funds-transfer or other communication system 4‑4.5‑207
Misdescription of beneficiary 4‑4.5‑208
Misdescription of intermediary bank or beneficiary’s bank 4‑4.5‑209
Acceptance of payment order 4‑4.5‑210
Rejection of payment order 4‑4.5‑211
Cancellation and amendment of payment order 4‑4.5‑212
Liability and duty of receiving bank regarding unaccepted payment order 4‑4.5‑301
Execution and execution date 4‑4.5‑302
Obligations of receiving bank in execution of payment order 4‑4.5‑303
Erroneous execution of payment order 4‑4.5‑304
Duty of sender to report erroneously executed payment order 4‑4.5‑305
Liability for late or improper execution or failure to execute payment order 4‑4.5‑401
Payment date 4‑4.5‑402
Obligation of sender to pay receiving bank 4‑4.5‑403
Payment by sender to receiving bank 4‑4.5‑404
Obligation of beneficiary’s bank to pay and give notice to beneficiary 4‑4.5‑405
Payment by beneficiary’s bank to beneficiary 4‑4.5‑406
Payment by originator to beneficiary 4‑4.5‑501
Variation by agreement and effect of funds-transfer system rule 4‑4.5‑502
Creditor process served on receiving bank 4‑4.5‑503
Injunction or restraining order with respect to funds transfer 4‑4.5‑504
Order in which items and payment orders may be charged to account 4‑4.5‑505
Preclusions of objection to debit of customer’s account 4‑4.5‑506
Rate of interest 4‑4.5‑507
Choice of law
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 4-4.5-202’s source at colorado​.gov