75-4-105 - "Bank"; "depositary bank"; "payor bank"; "intermediary bank"; "collecting bank"; "presenting bank." - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-4-105. "Bank"; "depositary bank"; "payor bank"; "intermediary bank"; "collecting bank"; "presenting bank."
 

In this chapter: 
 

(1) "Bank" means a 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. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 41A:4-105; Laws,  1966, ch. 316, § 4-105; Laws,  1992, ch. 420, § 76, eff from and after January 1, 1993.