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HRS §490:4-204

How banks send and present checks

This section says how a collecting bank must send checks or other payment items for payment. It must use a reasonably prompt method. It may send items directly to the paying bank, or to a nonbank payer if allowed. Presentment happens where the payer asked for it.

financial institutions

The statute, as written — Methods of sending and presenting; sending directly to payor bank

(a) A collecting bank shall send items by a reasonably prompt method, taking into consideration relevant instructions, the nature of the item, the number of those items on hand, the cost of collection involved, and the method generally used by it or others to present those items. (b) A collecting bank may send: (1) An item directly to the payor bank; (2) An item to a nonbank payor if authorized by its transferor; and (3) An item other than documentary drafts to a nonbank payor, if authorized by Federal Reserve regulation or operating circular, clearing-house rule, or the like. (c) Presentment may be made by a presenting bank at a place where the payor bank or other payor has requested that presentment be made.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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