West Virginia Code § 46-4-503

Responsibility of presenting bank for documents and goods; report of
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reasons for dishonor; referee in case of need.
Unless otherwise instructed and except as provided in article five a bank presenting a
documentary draft:
(1) Must deliver the documents to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more
than three days after presentment; otherwise, only on payment; and
(2) Upon dishonor, either in the case of presentment for acceptance or presentment for
payment, may seek and follow instructions from any referee in cuase of need designated in
the draft or, if the presenting bank does not choose to utilize the referee's services, it must
use diligence and good faith to ascertain the reason for dishonor, must notify its transferor
of the dishonor and of the results of its effort to ascertain the reasons therefor and must
request instructions.
However, the presenting bank is under no obligatioln with respect to goods represented by
the documents except to follow any reasonablse instructions seasonably received; it has a
right to reimbursement for any expense incurred in following instructions and to prepayment
of or indemnity for those expenses. i

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