---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 210.27"
title: "12"
number: "210.27"
heading: "Reliance on identifying number."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/210.27"
---

# §210.27. Reliance on identifying number.

- (a) **Reliance by a Federal Reserve Bank on number to identify an intermediary bank or beneficiary's bank.** A Federal Reserve Bank may rely on the number in a payment order that identifies the intermediary bank or beneficiary's bank, 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, may rely on the number in a payment order that identifies the beneficiary, 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.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 55 FR 40801, Oct. 5, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 248(i), (j), and 248-1, 342, 360, 464, 4001-4010, and 5001-5018.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 68634, Oct. 16, 1980, unless otherwise noted.