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355.3-312 Lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier's check, teller's check, or certified
check.
(1)
(2)
In this section:
(a) "Check" means a cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check;
(b) "Claimant" means a person who claims the right to receive the amount of a
cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check that was lost, destroyed, or
stolen;
(c) "Declaration of loss" means a statement, made in a record under penalty of
perjury, to the effect that:
1.
The declarer lost possession of a check;
2.
The declarer is the drawer or payee of the check, in the case of a
certified check, or the remitter or payee of the check, in the case of a
cashier's check or teller's check;
3.
The loss of possession was not the result of a transfer by the declarer or
a lawful seizure; and
4.
The declarer cannot reasonably obtain possession of the check because
the check was destroyed, its whereabouts cannot be determined, or it is
in the wrongful possession of an unknown person or a person that
cannot be found or is not amenable to service of process; and
(d) "Obligated bank" means the issuer of a cashier's check or teller's check or the
acceptor of a certified check.
(a) A claimant may assert a claim to the amount of a check by a communication
to the obligated bank describing the check with reasonable certainty and
requesting payment of the amount of the check, if:
1.
The claimant is the drawer or payee of a certified check or the remitter
or payee of a cashier's check or teller's check;
2.
The communication contains or is accompanied by a declaration of loss
of the claimant with respect to the check;
3.
The communication is received at a time and in a manner affording the
bank a reasonable time to act on it before the check is paid; and
4.
The claimant provides reasonable identification if requested by the
obligated bank. Delivery of a declaration of loss is a warranty of the
truth of the statements made in the declaration.
(b) If a claim is asserted in compliance with this subsection, the following rules
apply:
1.
The claim becomes enforceable at the later of:
a.
The time the claim is asserted, or
b.
The ninetieth day following the date of the check, in the case of a
cashier's check or teller's check, or the ninetieth day following the
date of the acceptance, in the case of a certified check;
2.
Until the claim becomes enforceable, it has no legal effect and the
(3)
(4)
obligated bank may pay the check or, in the case of a teller's check, may
permit the drawee to pay the check. Payment to a person entitled to
enforce the check discharges all liability of the obligated bank with
respect to the check;
3.
If the claim becomes enforceable before the check is presented for
payment, the obligated bank is not obliged to pay the check; and
4.
When the claim becomes enforceable, the obligated bank becomes
obliged to pay the amount of the check to the claimant if payment of the
check has not been made to a person entitled to enforce the check.
Subject to KRS 355.4-302(1)(a), payment to the claimant discharges all
liability of the obligated bank with respect to the check.
If the obligated bank pays the amount of a check to a claimant under subsection
(2)(b)4. of this section and the check is presented for payment by a person having
rights of a holder in due course, the claimant is obliged to:
(a) Refund the payment to the obligated bank if the check is paid; or
(b) Pay the amount of the check to the person having rights of a holder in due
course if the check is dishonored.
If a claimant has the right to assert a claim under subsection (2) of this section and
is also a person entitled to enforce a cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check
which is lost, destroyed, or stolen, the claimant may assert rights with respect to the
check either under this section or KRS 355.3-309.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 242, sec. 38, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 38, effective January 1, 1997.
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