West Virginia Code § 46-4A-402

Obligation of sender to pay receiving bank
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(a) This section is subject to sections two hundred five and two hundred seven of this article.
(b) With respect to a payment order issued to the beneficiary's bank, acceptance of the order
by the bank obliges the sender to pay the bank the amount of the order, but payment is not
due until the payment date of the order.
(c) This subsection is subject to subsection (e) of this section and to section three hundred
three of this article. With respect to a payment order issued to a receiving bank other than
the beneficiary's bank, acceptance of the order by the receiving ubank obliges the sender to
pay the bank the amount of the sender's order. Payment by the sender is not due until the
execution date of the sender's order. The obligation of that sender to pay its payment order
is excused if the funds transfer is not completed by acceptance by the beneficiary's bank of a
payment order instructing payment to the beneficiary of that sender's payment order.
(d) If the sender of a payment order pays the orderl and was not obliged to pay all or part of
the amount paid, the bank receiving payment sis obliged to refund payment to the extent the
sender was not obliged to pay. Except as provided in section two hundred four and section
three hundred four of this article, interest iis payable on the refundable amount from the date
of payment. g
(e) If a funds transfer is not completed as stated in subsection (c) of this section and an
intermediary bank is obliged to refund payment as stated in subsection (d) of this section but
is unable to do so because not permitted by applicable law or because the bank suspends
payments, a sender in the funds transfer that executed a payment order in compliance with
an instruction, as stated in subdivision (1), subsection (a), section three hundred two of this
article, to route the funds transfer through that intermediary bank is entitled to receive or
retain payment from the sender of the payment order that it accepted. The first sender in the
funds transfer that issued an instruction requiring routing through that intermediary bank is
subWrogated to the right of the bank that paid the intermediary bank to refund as stated in
subsection (d) of this section.
(f) The right of the sender of a payment order to be excused from the obligation to pay the
order as stated in subsection (c) of this section or to receive refund under subsection (d) of
this section may not be varied by agreement.

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