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Florida Statute 674.2141 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 674
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: BANK DEPOSITS AND COLLECTIONS
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674.2141 Right of charge-back or refund; liability of collecting bank; return of item.
(1) If a collecting bank has made provisional settlement with its customer for an item and fails by reason of dishonor, suspension of payments by a bank, or otherwise to receive settlement for the item which is or becomes final, the bank may revoke the settlement given by it, charge back the amount of any credit given for the item to its customer’s account, or obtain refund from its customer, whether or not it is able to return the item, if by its midnight deadline or within a longer reasonable time after it learns the facts it returns the item or sends notification of the facts. If the return or notice is delayed beyond the bank’s midnight deadline or a longer reasonable time after it learns the facts, the bank may revoke the settlement, charge back the credit, or obtain refund from its customer, but it is liable for any loss resulting from the delay. These rights to revoke, charge back, and obtain refund terminate if and when a settlement for the item received by the bank is or becomes final.
(2) A collecting bank returns an item when it is sent or delivered to the bank’s customer or transferor or pursuant to its instructions.
(3) A depositary bank that is also the payor may charge back the amount of an item to its customer’s account or obtain refund in accordance with the section governing return of an item received by a payor bank for credit on its books (s. 674.301).
(4) The right to charge back is not affected by:
(a) Previous use of a credit given for the item; or
(b) Failure by any bank to exercise ordinary care with respect to the item, but a bank so failing remains liable.
(5) A failure to charge back or claim refund does not affect other rights of the bank against the customer or any other party.
(6) If credit is given in dollars as the equivalent of the value of an item payable in a foreign money, the dollar amount of any charge-back or refund must be calculated on the basis of the bank-offered spot rate for the foreign money prevailing on the day when the person entitled to the charge-back or refund learns that it will not receive payment in ordinary course.
History.s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 32, ch. 92-82.
Note.s. 4-212, U.C.C.; former s. 674.212.

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Cases Citing Statute 674.2141

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Suntrust Banks, Inc. v. Cauthon & Mcguigan, 78 So. 3d 709 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 1445, 2012 WL 301054

...art, see, e.g., Kenet v. Bailey, 679 So.2d 348 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996), but also, Appellant had the right, both pursuant to statute and the parties' contract, to "charge back" Appellee's account when it did not receive final settlement for the check. See § 674.2141(1), Fla....
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Impact Computers & Elec., Inc. v. Bank of Am., N.A., 852 So. 2d 946 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 12791, 2003 WL 22014728

...d to Impact’s account and drawn against), Impact was notified that it was indebted to the bank for approximately $22,000. Impact subsequently brought suit ultimately asserting four distinct claims against the bank: Count I for alleged violation of section 674.2141 for improperly debiting Impact’s account after settlement of Westgate’s check became final; Count II for alleged breach of the bank’s “banking services” contract with Impact; Count III for alleged violation of section 674.207 for untimely notification of an altered item; and Count IV for estoppel....
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Sun Bank, NA v. Merrill Lynch, 637 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 140738

...C & S Bank then discovered the loan had not been used to purchase equipment from PCS. They traced the endorsements on the cancelled check and contacted Sun Bank to collect the $60,000. [2] Effective January 1, 1993, section 674.212 was amended and transferred to section 674.2141....

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