70A-4-104. Definitions and index of definitions. (1) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Account" means any deposit or credit account with a bank including a demand, time,savings, passbook, share draft, or similar account, other than the account evidenced by acertificate of deposit.
(b) "Afternoon" means the period of a day between noon and midnight.
(c) "Banking day" means the part of a day on which a bank is open to the public forcarrying on substantially all of its banking functions other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legalholiday.
(d) "Clearinghouse" means an association of banks or other payors regularly clearingitems.
(e) "Customer" means a person having an account with a bank or for whom a bank hasagreed to collect items including a bank that maintains an account at another bank.
(f) "Documentary draft" means a draft to be presented for acceptance or payment ifspecified documents, certificated securities as provided in Section
70A-8-101, instructions foruncertificated securities as provided in Section
70A-8-101, other certificates, statements, or thelike are to be received by the drawee or other payor before acceptance or payment of the draft.
(g) "Draft" means a draft as defined in Section
70A-3-104 or an item, other than aninstrument, that is an order.
(h) "Drawee" means a person ordered in a draft to make payment.
(i) "Item" means an instrument or a promise or order to pay money handled by a bank forcollection or payment. The term does not include a payment order governed by Chapter 4a,Uniform Commercial Code - Funds Transfers, or a credit or debit card slip.
(j) "Midnight deadline" with respect to a bank is midnight on its next banking dayfollowing the banking day on which it receives the relevant item or notice or from which the timefor taking action commences to run, whichever is later.
(k) "Settle" means to pay in cash, by clearinghouse settlement, in a charge or credit or byremittance, or otherwise as agreed. A settlement may be either provisional or final.
(l) "Suspends payments" with respect to a bank means that it has been closed by order ofthe supervisory authorities, that a public officer has been appointed to take it over or that itceases or refuses to make payments in the ordinary course of business.
(2) Other definitions applying to this chapter and the sections in which they appear are:
(a) "Agreement for electronic presentment," Section
70A-4-110.
(b) "Bank," Section
70A-4-105.
(c) "Collecting bank," Section
70A-4-105.
(d) "Depositary bank," Section
70A-4-105.
(e) "Intermediary bank," Section
70A-4-105.
(f) "Payor bank," Section
70A-4-105.
(g) "Presenting bank," Section
70A-4-105.
(h) "Presentment notice," Section
70A-4-110.
(3) "Control" as provided in Section
70A-7a-106 and the following definitions in otherchapters apply to this chapter:
(a) "Acceptance," Section
70A-3-409.
(b) "Alteration," Section
70A-3-407.
(c) "Cashier's check," Section
70A-3-104.
(d) "Certificate of deposit," Section
70A-3-104.
(e) "Certified check," Section
70A-3-409.
(f) "Check," Section
70A-3-104.
(g) "Good faith," Section
70A-3-103.
(h) "Holder in due course," Section
70A-3-302.
(i) "Instrument," Section
70A-3-104.
(j) "Notice of dishonor," Section
70A-3-503.
(k) "Order," Section
70A-3-103.
(l) "Ordinary care," Section
70A-3-103.
(m) "Person entitled to enforce," Section
70A-3-301.
(n) "Presentment," Section
70A-3-501.
(o) "Promise," Section
70A-3-103.
(p) "Prove," Section
70A-3-103.
(q) "Teller's check," Section
70A-3-104.
(r) "Unauthorized signature," Section
70A-3-403.
(4) In addition, Chapter 1a, Uniform Commercial Code - General Provisions, containsgeneral definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout thischapter.
Amended by Chapter 272, 2007 General Session