Common use of Order in Which Items Are Paid Clause in Contracts

Order in Which Items Are Paid. In general, we pay items in the order in which they are received, irrespec- tive of when you issued or authorized the item. Checks and ACH debits may be presented to us in batches or data files, and are paid when we process the data file. Checks in the same data file are processed in high to low order. Checks presented for payment at one of our branches are processed at the time of payment. Debit card transactions are processed when they are transmitted to us, which may occur at the time of the transaction or several days later. The merchant or its processor determines when the transaction will be transmitted to us. When a merchant obtains authoriza- tion for a debit card transaction, we place a temporary hold against the funds in the account for the amount of the authorized transaction. In some cases, such as restaurants, gas stations, or car rental transactions, there may be a hold for an initially authorized amount, but the transaction is submitted at a different amount. We reserve the right to pay any checks or items in the order they are presented or received and in accordance with our normal operating procedures for such checks items or transactions.