{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-4-204","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:4-204","heading":"Methods of sending and presenting; sending directly to payor bank.","body":"(a)\nA 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.\n\n(b)\nA collecting bank may send:\n(1)\nAn item directly to the payor bank;\n(2)\nAn item to a nonbank payor if authorized by its transferor; and\n(3)\nAn item other than documentary drafts to a nonbank payor, if authorized by Federal Reserve regulation or operating circular, clearing-house rule, or the like.\n\n(c)\nPresentment may be made by a presenting bank at a place where the payor bank or other payor has requested that presentment be made.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 4. Bank Deposits and Collections.","Part 2. Collection of Items: Depositary and Collecting Banks."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:4-204","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c5313d7f9b136b59baf5addee559fbc5aeeec8ea2126dbe0639ce332f35d8f7a","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-4-203","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-4-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}