Brady on Bank Checks: The Law of Bank Checks

Author: Henry J. Bailey, III and Richard B. Hagedorn
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Bankers and practitioners concerned with the complexities of bank checks, and Articles 3, 4, 4A, and Revised Article 3 under the Uniform Commercial Code need guidance on the many laws affecting checks and commercial paper, including the issue, transfer, collection, and payment of checks; the return of unpaid checks; electronic funds; and forgeries and alterations.

Brady on Bank Checks, the leading publication on bank checks, provides easy-to-use information to ensure that all your transactions involving bank checks and commercial paper are handled properly under current case law and in compliance with all applicable regulations. The legal analysis is supported with numerous citations to the most recent and relevant statutes, regulations, and cases—resulting in an incomparable resource for all your practical questions or legal research involving bank checks. Brady on Bank Checks covers all areas related to checks and commercial paper:

General characteristics of checks
Check problems prior to collection or payment
Deposit and collection of checks
Unauthorized deposits
Payment of checks
Nonpayment of checks
Wrongful dishonor and the return of unpaid checks
Stop payments
Embezzlement and fraud resulting from check alteration and forgery
Conflict of laws involving checks in interstate or international transactions
Compliance with Regulation CC

To keep up-to-date with all the changes in law that affect bank checks and commercial paper, order Brady on Bank Checks today. Now also available on CD.

Richard B. Hagedorn

About the Authors

Richard B. Hagedorn is the Rosalind Van Winkle Melton Professor of Law at Willamette University College of Law. He is a widely respected authority on negotiable instrument law and the law of promissory notes. In addition to teaching at Willamette University, Professor Hagedorn has also taught commercial law at the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law, Gonzaga University, and the University of Oregon.

Henry J. Bailey, III was Professor of Law Emeritus at Willamette University College of Law. He was a leading expert on banking-related commercial law. He served as an attorney for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the American Bankers Association and served as Assistant Vice President of Empire Trust Company.