12 CFR § 210.42 - Reliance on identifying number.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s210.42"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 210.42 - Reliance on identifying number."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "210.42"
section_name: "Reliance on identifying number."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "210"
part_name: "COLLECTION OF CHECKS AND OTHER ITEMS BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AND FUNDS TRANSFERS THROUGH THE FEDWIRE FUNDS SERVICE AND THE FEDNOW SERVICE (REGULATION J)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 248(i), (j), and 248-1, 342, 360, 464, 4001-4010, and 5001-5018."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 68634, Oct. 16, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "210"
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# 210.42 Reliance on identifying number.

(a) *Reliance by a Federal Reserve Bank on number to identify a beneficiary's bank.* A Federal Reserve Bank that receives a payment order from a sender containing a number that identifies the beneficiary's bank may rely on the number, even if it identifies a bank different from the bank identified by name in the payment order, if the Federal Reserve Bank does not know of such an inconsistency in identification. A Federal Reserve Bank has no duty to detect any such inconsistency in identification.

(b) *Reliance by a Federal Reserve Bank on number to identify beneficiary.* A Federal Reserve Bank, acting as a beneficiary's bank, that receives a payment order from a sender containing a number that identifies the beneficiary may rely on the number, even if it identifies a person different from the person identified by name in the payment order, if the Federal Reserve Bank does not know of such an inconsistency in identification. A Federal Reserve Bank has no duty to detect any such inconsistency in identification.