California · Commercial Code
COM §4210: (a) A collecting bank has a security interest in an item and any accompanying documents or the proceeds of either: (1) In case of an item deposited in an account to the extent to which credit given fo
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A collecting bank has a security interest in deposited items, accompanying documents, or their proceeds to the extent credit was given for them.
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