Oklahoma Code § 12A-4A-103

Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code: Payment order - Definitions
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PAYMENT ORDER - DEFINITIONS
(a)  In this article:

(1)  "Payment order" means an instruction of a sender to a
receiving bank, transmitted orally or in a record, to pay, or to
cause another bank to pay, a fixed or determinable amount of money
to a beneficiary if:
(i) the instruction does not state a condition to payment
to the beneficiary other than time of payment,
(ii) the receiving bank is to be reimbursed by debiting an
account of, or otherwise receiving payment from, the
sender, and
(iii) the instruction is transmitted by the sender directly
to the receiving bank or to an agent, funds-transfer
system, or communication system for transmittal to the
receiving bank.
(2)  "Beneficiary" means the person to be paid by the
beneficiary's bank.
(3)  "Beneficiary's bank" means the bank identified in a payment
order in which an account of the beneficiary is to be credited
pursuant to the order or which otherwise is to make payment to the
beneficiary if the order does not provide for payment to an account.
(4)  "Receiving bank" means the bank to which the sender's
instruction is addressed.
(5)  "Sender" means the person giving the instruction to the
receiving bank.
(b)  If an instruction complying with paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) is to make more than one payment to a beneficiary,
the instruction is a separate payment order with respect to each
payment.
(c)  A payment order is issued when it is sent to the receiving
bank.

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