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Commercial Code § 4504

CHAPTER 5. Collection of Documentary Drafts

Current as of September 28, 2026Com. Code, § 4504Official source ↗Ask about this

Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 914, Sec. 50. Effective January 1, 1993.

(a) A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner.

(b) For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under subdivision (a), the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller’s lien.