404.215 Final payment of item by payer bank; when provisional debits and credits become final; when certain credits become available for withdrawal.
(1) An item is finally paid by a payer bank when the bank has first done any of the following:
(a) Paid the item in cash.
(b) Settled for the item without having a right to revoke the settlement under statute, clearinghouse rule or agreement.
(c) Made a provisional settlement for the item and failed to revoke the settlement in the time and manner permitted by statute, clearinghouse rule or agreement.
(2) If provisional settlement for an item does not become final, the item is not finally paid.
(3) If provisional settlement for an item between the presenting and payer banks is made through a clearinghouse or by debits or credits in an account between them, then to the extent that provisional debits or credits for the item are entered in accounts between the presenting and payer banks or between the presenting and successive prior collecting banks in a series, they become final upon final payment of the item by the payer bank.
(4) If a collecting bank receives a settlement for an item which is or becomes final, the bank is accountable to its customer for the amount of the item and any provisional credit given for the item in an account with its customer becomes final.
(5) Subject to applicable law stating a time for availability of funds and to any right of the bank to apply the credit to an obligation of the customer, credit given by a bank for an item in a customer's account becomes available for withdrawal as of right:
(a) If the bank has received a provisional settlement for the item, when the settlement becomes final and the bank has had a reasonable time to receive return of the item and the item has not been received within that time.
(b) If the bank is both the depositary bank and the payer bank and the item is finally paid, at the opening of the bank's 2nd banking day following receipt of the item.
(6) Subject to applicable law stating a time for availability of funds and any right of a bank to apply a deposit to an obligation of the depositor, a deposit of money becomes available for withdrawal as of right at the opening of the bank's next banking day after receipt of the deposit.
History: 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (8); 1985 a. 325; 1991 a. 304 s. 51; 1995 a. 336 s. 50; 1995 a. 449 ss. 55 to 58, 62; Stats. 1995 s. 404.215.
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