West Virginia Code § 46-4A-405

Payment by beneficiary's bank to beneficiary
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(a) If the beneficiary's bank credits an account of the beneficiary of a payment order,
payment of the bank's obligation under subsection (a), section four hundred four of this
article occurs when and to the extent (1) the beneficiary is notified of the right to withdraw
the credit, (2) the bank lawfully applies the credit to a debt of the beneficiary or (3) funds
with respect to the order are otherwise made available to the beneficiary bye the bank.
(b) If the beneficiary's bank does not credit an account of the beneficiary of a payment order,
the time when payment of the bank's obligation under subsection (a), section four hundred
four of this article occurs is governed by principles of law that deutermine when an obligation
is satisfied.
(c) Except as stated in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, if the beneficiary's bank pays
the beneficiary of a payment order under a condition to payment or agreement of the
beneficiary giving the bank the right to recover payment from the beneficiary if the bank
does not receive payment of the order, the conditioln to payment or agreement is not
enforceable. s
(d) A funds-transfer system rule may proviide that payments made to beneficiaries of funds
transfers made through the system agre provisional until receipt of payment by the
beneficiary's bank of the payment order it accepted. A beneficiary's bank that makes a
payment that is provisional under the rule is entitled to refund from the beneficiary if (1) the
rule requires that both the beneficiary and the originator be given notice of the provisional
nature of the payment before the funds transfer is initiated, (2) the beneficiary, the
beneficiary's bank and the originator's bank agreed to be bound by the rule and (3) the
beneficiary's bank did not receive payment of the payment order that it accepted. If the
beneficiary is obliged to refund payment to the beneficiary's bank, acceptance of the
payment order by the beneficiary's bank is nullified and no payment by the originator of the
funds transfer to the beneficiary occurs under section four hundred six of this article.
(e) (1) This subsection applies to a funds transfer that includes a payment order transmitted
over a funds-transfer system that (A) nets obligations multilaterally among participants and
(B) has in effect a loss-sharing agreement among participants for the purpose of providing
funds necessary to complete settlement of the obligations of one or more participants that do
not meet their settlement obligations.
(2) If the beneficiary's bank in the funds transfer accepts a payment order and the system
fails to complete settlement pursuant to its rules with respect to any payment order in the
funds transfer, (A) the acceptance by the beneficiary's bank is nullified and no person has
any right or obligation based on the acceptance, (B) the beneficiary's bank is entitled to
recover payment from the beneficiary, (C) no payment by the originator to the beneficiary
occurs under section four hundred six of this article and (D) subject to subsection (e),
section four hundred two of this article, each sender in the funds transfer is excused from its
obligation to pay its payment order under subsection (c), section four hundred two of this
article because the funds transfer has not been completed.

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