2021 California Code
Commercial Code - COM
DIVISION 4 - BANK DEPOSITS AND COLLECTIONS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
Section 4106.

(a) If an item states that it is “payable through” a bank identified in the item, (1) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (2) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank.

(b) If an item states that it is “payable at” a bank identified in the item, (1) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (2) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank.

(c) If a draft names a nonbank drawee and it is unclear whether a bank named in the draft is a co-drawee or a collecting bank, the bank is a collecting bank.

(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 914, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1993.)