§ 670.402, Fla. Stat. · Part IV. PAYMENT
Obligation of sender to pay receiving bank.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) This section is subject to ss. 670.205 and 670.207.
(2) With respect to a payment order issued to the beneficiary’s bank, acceptance of the order by the bank obliges the sender to pay the bank the amount of the order, but payment is not due until the payment date of the order.
(3) This subsection is subject to subsection (5) and to s. 670.303. With respect to a payment order issued to a receiving bank other than the beneficiary’s bank, acceptance of the order by the receiving bank obliges the sender to pay the bank the amount of the sender’s order. Payment by the sender is not due until the execution date of the sender’s order. The obligation of that sender to pay its payment order is excused if the funds transfer is not completed by acceptance by the beneficiary’s bank of a payment order instructing payment to the beneficiary of that sender’s payment order.
(4) If the sender of a payment order pays the order and was not obliged to pay all or part of the amount paid, the bank receiving payment is obliged to refund payment to the extent the sender was not obliged to pay. Except as provided in ss. 670.204 and 670.304, interest is payable on the refundable amount from the date of payment.
(5) If a funds transfer is not completed as stated in subsection (3) and an intermediary bank is obliged to refund payment as stated in subsection (4) but is unable to do so because not permitted by applicable law or because the bank suspends payments, a sender in the funds transfer that executed a payment order in compliance with an instruction, as stated in s. 670.302(1)(a), to route the funds transfer through that intermediary bank is entitled to receive or retain payment from the sender of the payment order that it accepted. The first sender in the funds transfer that issued an instruction requiring routing through that intermediary bank is subrogated to the right of the bank that paid the intermediary bank to refund as stated in subsection (4).
(6) The right of the sender of a payment order to be excused from the obligation to pay the order as stated in subsection (3) or to receive refund under subsection (4) may not be varied by agreement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 91-70.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
The Florida Statutes
- § 670.204, Fla. Stat.Refund of payment and duty of customer to report with respect to unauthorized payment order.Printed as ss. 670.204 and 670.304
- § 670.205, Fla. Stat.Erroneous payment orders.Printed as ss. 670.205 and 670.207
- § 670.207, Fla. Stat.Misdescription of beneficiary.Printed as ss. 670.205 and 670.207
- § 670.302, Fla. Stat.Obligations of receiving bank in execution of payment order.Printed as s. 670.302(1)(a)
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Provisions in this library whose text cites § 670.402, Fla. Stat.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 670.303, Fla. Stat.Erroneous execution of payment order.Printed as s. 670.402(3)
- § 670.304, Fla. Stat.Duty of sender to report erroneously executed payment order.Printed as s. 670.402(4)
- § 670.403, Fla. Stat.Payment by sender to receiving bank.Printed as s. 670.402; s. 670.402(2)
- § 670.405, Fla. Stat.Payment by beneficiary’s bank to beneficiary.Printed as s. 670.402(3); s. 670.402(5)
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