Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.402 · Subchapter D. PAYMENT
OBLIGATION OF SENDER TO PAY RECEIVING BANK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section is subject to Sections 4A.205 and 4A.207.
(b) 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.
(c) This subsection is subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 4A.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.
(d) 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 by Sections 4A.204 and 4A.304, interest is payable on the refundable amount from the date of payment.
(e) If a funds transfer is not completed as provided by Subsection (c) and an intermediary bank is obliged to refund payment as provided by Subsection (d) 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 provided by Section 4A.302(a)(1), 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 a refund as stated in Subsection (d).
(f) The right of the sender of a payment order to be excused from the obligation to pay the order as stated in Subsection (c) or to receive a refund under Subsection (d) may not be varied by agreement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 570, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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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.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.204REFUND OF PAYMENT AND DUTY OF CUSTOMER TO REPORT WITH RESPECT TO UNAUTHORIZED PAYMENT ORDER.Printed as Sections 4A.204 and 4A.304
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.205ERRONEOUS PAYMENT ORDERS.Printed as Sections 4A.205 and 4A.207
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.207MISDESCRIPTION OF BENEFICIARY.Printed as Sections 4A.205 and 4A.207
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.302OBLIGATIONS OF RECEIVING BANK IN EXECUTION OF PAYMENT ORDER.Printed as Section 4A.302(a)(1)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.303ERRONEOUS EXECUTION OF PAYMENT ORDER.Printed as Section 4A.303
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.304DUTY OF SENDER TO REPORT ERRONEOUSLY EXECUTED PAYMENT ORDER.Printed as Sections 4A.204 and 4A.304
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Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.303ERRONEOUS EXECUTION OF PAYMENT ORDER.Printed as Section 4A.402(c)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.304DUTY OF SENDER TO REPORT ERRONEOUSLY EXECUTED PAYMENT ORDER.Printed as Section 4A.402(d)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.403PAYMENT BY SENDER TO RECEIVING BANK.Printed as Section 4A.402 | Section 4A.402(b)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.405PAYMENT BY BENEFICIARY'S BANK TO BENEFICIARY.Printed as Section 4A.402(c) | Section 4A.402(e)
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