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Terms Used In Iowa Code 554.4504

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
554.4504 Privilege of presenting bank to deal with goods — security interest for expenses.
1. A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner.
2. For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under subsection 1 the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller’s lien.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §554.4504]
94 Acts, ch 1167, §116, 122