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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="4-106" title_number="4" title_name="Bank Deposits and Collections" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions and Definitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an item states that it is “payable through” a bank identified in the item, (i) the item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item, and (ii) the item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If an item states that it is “payable at” a bank identified in the item:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The item designates the bank as a collecting bank and does not by itself authorize the bank to pay the item; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The item may be presented for payment only by or through the bank.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a draft names a nonbank drawee and it is unclear whether a bank named in the draft is a codrawee or a collecting bank, the bank is a collecting bank.</text>
  </level>
</section>
