2025 Session Last amended: 1990 session

§ 336.4A-501 — Variation by Agreement and Effect of Funds-transfer System Rule

Plain-Language Summary

This section says that, unless this article provides otherwise, parties to a funds transfer may change their rights and obligations by agreement. It also defines a "funds-transfer system rule" as a rule of an association of banks that governs how payment orders move through the system or the rights and obligations tied to those orders. Such a rule can be effective even when it conflicts with this article and indirectly affects a nonconsenting party, and it can govern parties other than participating banks to the extent allowed by sections 336.4A-404(c), 336.4A-405(d), and 336.4A-507(c).

Practical Notes
Banks that participate in a funds-transfer system can set their own rules for handling payment orders, and those rules can control even when they differ from this article and indirectly affect someone who did not agree to them. Separately, the parties to a funds transfer may vary their own rights and obligations by agreement, except as otherwise provided in this article. A system rule can reach parties other than participating banks only to the extent stated in sections 336.4A-404(c), 336.4A-405(d), and 336.4A-507(c).