The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 9A V.S.A. § 4A-403)
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§ 4A—403. Payment by sender to receiving bank
(a) Payment of the sender’s obligation under section 4A—402 of this title to pay the receiving bank occurs as follows:
(1) If the sender is a bank, payment occurs when the receiving bank receives final settlement
of the obligation through a Federal Reserve Bank or through a funds-transfer system.
(2) If the sender is a bank and the sender (i) credited an account of the receiving bank
with the sender, or (ii) caused an account of the receiving bank in another bank to
be credited, payment occurs when the credit is withdrawn or, if not withdrawn, at
midnight of the day on which the credit is withdrawable and the receiving bank learns
of that fact.
(3) If the receiving bank debits an account of the sender with the receiving bank, payment
occurs when the debit is made to the extent the debit is covered by a withdrawable
credit balance in the account.
(b) If the sender and receiving bank are members of a funds-transfer system that nets
obligations multilaterally among participants, the receiving bank receives final settlement
when settlement is complete in accordance with the rules of the system. The obligation
of the sender to pay the amount of a payment order transmitted through the funds-transfer
system may be satisfied, to the extent permitted by the rules of the system, by setting
off and applying against the sender’s obligation the right of the sender to receive
payment from the receiving bank of the amount of any other payment order transmitted
to the sender by the receiving bank through the funds-transfer system. The aggregate
balance of obligations owed by each sender to each receiving bank in the funds-transfer
system may be satisfied, to the extent permitted by the rules of the system, by setting
off and applying against that balance the aggregate balance of obligations owed to
the sender by other members of the system. The aggregate balance is determined after
the right of setoff stated in the second sentence of this subsection has been exercised.
(c) If two banks transmit payment orders to each other under an agreement that settlement
of the obligations of each bank to the other under section 4A—402 of this title will be made at the end of the day or other period, the total amount owed with respect
to all orders transmitted by one bank shall be set off against the total amount owed
with respect to all orders transmitted by the other bank. To the extent of the setoff,
each bank has made payment to the other.
(d) In a case not covered by subsection (a) of this section , the time when payment of
the sender’s obligation under subsection 4A—402(b) or 4A—402(c) of this title occurs is governed by applicable principles of law that determine when an obligation
is satisfied. (Added 1993, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)