Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     30-4-105. "Bank" -- "depositary bank" -- "intermediary bank" -- "collecting bank" -- "payor bank" -- "presenting bank". In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
     (1) "bank" means any person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or trust company;
     (2) "depositary bank" means the first bank to take an item even though it is also the payor bank, unless the item is presented for immediate payment over the counter;
     (3) "payor bank" means a bank that is the drawee of a draft;
     (4) "intermediary bank" means a bank to which an item is transferred in course of collection except the depositary or payor bank;
     (5) "collecting bank" means a bank handling an item for collection except the payor bank;
     (6) "presenting bank" means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank.

     History: En. Sec. 4-105, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-4-105; amd. Sec. 158, Ch. 410, L. 1991.

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