Ohio Code 1304.26 – Insolvency and preference – UCC 4-216
(A) If an item is in or comes into the possession of a payor or collecting bank that suspends payment and the item has not been finally paid, the receiver, trustee, or agent in charge of the closed bank shall return the item to the presenting bank or the closed bank’s customer.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1304.26
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(B) If a payor bank finally pays an item and suspends payments without making a settlement for the item with its customer or the presenting bank which settlement is or becomes final, the owner of the item has a preferred claim against the payor bank.
(C) If a payor bank gives or a collecting bank gives or receives a provisional settlement for an item and after the provisional settlement suspends payments, the suspension does not prevent or interfere with the settlement becoming final if the finality occurs automatically upon the lapse of certain time or the happening of certain events.
(D) If a collecting bank receives from subsequent parties settlement for an item which settlement is or becomes final and the bank suspends payments without making a settlement for the item with its customer which settlement is or becomes final, the owner of the item has a preferred claim against the collecting bank.