Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-4-504
Privilege of presenting bank to deal with goods - Security interest for expenses
Last amended: 1963Year: 2026Length: 172 wordsSubsections: 2
(a) A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner. (b) For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under subsection (a), the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller's lien. Acts 1963, ch. 81, § 1 (4-504); 1995, ch. 397, § 3.
(a) A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner.
(b) For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under subsection (a), the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller's lien.
Acts 1963, ch. 81, § 1 (4-504); 1995, ch. 397, § 3.