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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 670
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: FUNDS TRANSFERS
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670.102 Subject matter.Except as otherwise provided in s. 670.108, this chapter applies to funds transfers defined in s. 670.104.
History.s. 1, ch. 91-70.

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Cases Citing Statute 670.102

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Roger Chavez v. Mercantil Commercebank, N.A., 701 F.3d 896 (11th Cir. 2012).

Cited 26 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 79 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 152, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 24358, 2012 WL 5907151

...them, we give a brief overview of the article. Article 4A, as adopted in Florida, “governs a specialized method of payment referred to in the Article as a funds transfer but also commonly referred to in the commercial community as a wholesale wire transfer.” FLA. STAT. § 670.102 cmt....
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Corfan Banco v. Ocean Bank, 715 So. 2d 967 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).

Cited 19 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 299669

...The court concluded that the statutory scheme preempts the common law remedy of negligence. It is not clear whether the adoption of Article 4A of the UCC abrogated the common law cause of action for negligence relating to a wire transfer, as raised in count two of the complaint. The Uniform Commercial Code Comment following section 670.102, Florida Statutes (1995), which delineates the subject matter for chapter 670, provides in part: In the drafting of Article 4A, a deliberate decision was made to write on a clean slate and to treat a funds transfer as a unique method...
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Anderson v. Branch Banking & Trust Co. ex rel. BankAtlantic, LLC, 119 F. Supp. 3d 1328 (S.D. Fla. 2015).

Cited 7 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 87 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 182, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98235, 2015 WL 4554921

...However, “[t]he term does not include a payment order governed by chapter 670 or a credit or debit card slip.” Fla. Stat. § 674 .104Ü). .A funds transfer is initiated via a "payment order.” Fla. Stat. § 670.103 (l)(c); see also Fla. Stat. § 670.102 cmt. 1. As noted by the Official Comment to Fla Stat. § 670.102, a funds transfer is “commonly referred to in the commercial community as a wholesale wire transfer.” ....
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Peter E. Shapiro, P.A. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 352 F. Supp. 3d 1226 (S.D. Fla. 2018).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida

...o eschew any principles of law or equity outside of Article 4A when deciding cases *1231 that fall within the statute's ambit. Id. The Florida Legislature adopted all of these principles when it adopted UCC Article 4A almost verbatim. See Fla. Stat. § 670.102 ....
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Gilbert & Caddy, P.A. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 193 F. Supp. 3d 1294 (S.D. Fla. 2016).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 183865, 2016 WL 4613388

...The term does not include a payment order governed by chapter 670 Fla. Stat. Ann. § 674 .104®. The chapter . 670 exemption to “items” includes all funds transfers defined in § 670.104, 3 seemingly placing the Sacks Transfers beyond the scope of § 674.406 and Douglas. See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 670.102 (emphasis added)....
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Bancredit Cayman Ltd. v. Regions Bank Corp. (In Re Bancredit Cayman Ltd.), 419 B.R. 898 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2009).

Cited 1 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 236, 70 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 545, 2009 Bankr. LEXIS 3629, 52 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 121

...The rules that emerged represent a careful and delicate balancing of those interests and are intended to be the exclusive means of determining the rights, duties and liabilities of the affected parties in any situation covered by particular provisions of this Article. Official Comment to Fla. Stat. § 670.102 (emphasis added)....
...ticle 4A. As cited earlier, the Official Comment intends that Article 4A "be the exclusive means of determining the rights, duties and liabilities of the affected parties in any situation covered by particular provisions of this Article." Fla. Stat. § 670.102 Official Comment....
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Jesus Alonso Alvarez Rodriguez v. Branch Banking & Trust Co. (11th Cir. 2022).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...the drafters made “a deliberate decision . . . to write on a clean slate and to treat a funds transfer as a unique method of payment to be governed by unique rules that address the particular issues raised by this method of payment.” FLA. STAT. § 670.102 cmt....
...its regulation of other instruments because of “the very large amounts of money that are involved in funds transfers.” FLA. STAT. USCA11 Case: 21-11763 Date Filed: 08/26/2022 Page: 21 of 27 21-11763 Opinion of the Court 21 § 670.102 cmt....

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