Alaska Statutes: AS 45.04.201. Status of Collecting Bank as Agent and Provisional Status of Credits; Applicability; Item Endorsed "Pay Any Bank".

Alaska Statutes. Title 45. Trade and Commerce Chapter 4. Bank Deposits and Collections Section 201. Status of Collecting Bank as Agent and Provisional Status of Credits; Applicability; Item Endorsed "Pay Any Bank".

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AS 45.04.201. Status of Collecting Bank as Agent and Provisional Status of Credits; Applicability; Item Endorsed "Pay Any Bank".

(a) Unless a contrary intent clearly appears and before a settlement given by a collecting bank for an item becomes final, the bank, with respect to the item, is an agent or subagent of the owner of the item and a settlement given for the item is provisional. This provision applies regardless of the form of endorsement or lack of endorsement and even though credit given for the item is subject to immediate withdrawal as of right or is in fact withdrawn; but the continuance of ownership of an item by its owner and the rights of the owner to proceeds of the item are subject to rights of a collecting bank such as those resulting from outstanding advances on the item and rights of recoupment or setoff. If an item is handled by banks for purposes of presentment, payment, collection, or return, the relevant provisions of this chapter apply even though action of the parties clearly establishes that a particular bank has purchased the item and is the owner of it.
(b) After an item has been endorsed with the words "pay any bank" or the like, only a bank may acquire the rights of a holder until the item has been

(1) returned to the customer initiating collection; or

(2) specially endorsed by a bank to a person who is not a bank.

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