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Member Account Agreement and Disclosure
INTRODUCTION
This Agreement is the contract of deposit which covers your and our rights and responsibilities concerning Membership and Account(s) offered to you. In this Agreement, the words "you" and "yours" mean those who sign the Membership Application & Information ("Account Card"). The words "we", "us", and "our" mean the Mid Oregon Federal Credit Union ("Credit Union"). The word "account" means any one or more share accounts you have with the Credit Union.
The classification and form of ownership of your accounts are designated on your Account Card. By signing the Account Card or completing and transmitting an online Account Card that is a part of the Agreement, each of you, jointly and severally, agree to the terms and conditions in this Agreement, including the Funds Availability Policy, Electronic Funds Transfer Agreement, the Truth-in-Savings Disclosures (Rate and Fee Schedule), and the Privacy Policy accompanying this Agreement, any account receipt, the Credit Union’s bylaws and policies, and any amendments which collectively govern your Membership and Accounts. You agree that additional accounts and services you request in the future will be governed by this Agreement, as amended from time to time.
I. MEMBERSHIP AND ACCOUNTS
1. Membership Eligibility
To be eligible for membership in the Credit Union you must be an individual or entity qualifying within the Credit Union’s field of membership and must purchase and maintain at least one share (the Membership Share Account) as required by the Credit Union’s Bylaws. You authorize us to verify your financial information, data, account, credit, and employment history, obtain a credit report from third parties (including credit reporting agencies) to verify your eligibility for the accounts and services you request.
2. Individual Accounts
An individual account is an account owned by one depositor including any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, or other organization qualified for Credit Union membership. If the account is an individual account, the interest of a deceased individual owner will pass, subject to applicable law, to the decedent’s estate or payable on death ("POD") beneficiary, if applicable.
3. Multiple Accounts
An account owned by two or more persons is a multiple-party account.
a. Rights of Survivorship. If your account is a multiple-party account, the account is owned as a multiple-party account with rights of survivorship. Upon the death of one of the multiple-party owners, that person’s interest will become the property of the surviving multiple-party account owners.
b. Rights of Multiple-Party Account Owners. Any multiple-party account owner is authorized and deemed to act for the other owner(s) and we may accept orders and instructions regarding the account, requests for future services, and any transaction from any other account owner. Each multiple-party account owner may withdraw all funds in the account, stop payment of items drawn on an account, transfer or pledge to us all or any part of the shares of any account with the consent of the other account owner(s) and we shall have no duty in such event to notify any other account owner(s). We reserve the right at any time to require written consent of all account owners for a change of ownership or termination of a multiple-party account. If we receive written notice of a dispute from them, we may: (1) suspend or terminate the account; (2) require any account owner to obtain a court order in order to take any action on a transaction; or (3) require that all account owners agree in writing to any transaction concerning the account.
If any item deposited in a multiple-party account is returned unpaid, an account is overdrawn, or if we do not receive final payment on any transaction, each of the multiple party account owners is jointly and severally liable to us for the amount of the returned item, overdraft or unpaid amount and any charges, regardless of who created the overdraft, deposited or cashed the item or benefited from the transaction. If any account owner is indebted to us, we may enforce its rights against any or all funds in the multiple-party account regardless of who contributed the funds to the account.
4. POD Beneficiaries
A Payable on Death (POD) designation is an instruction to the Credit Union that a designated account is an account payable to the owner or owners during their lifetimes, and upon the death of the last joint account owner, payable to any named and surviving POD beneficiary designated on your Account Card. Accounts payable to more than one POD beneficiary are owned jointly by such beneficiaries with right of survivorship. Any POD beneficiary designation shall not apply to IRA accounts, which shall be governed by a separate beneficiary designation. The Credit Union shall at no time have any obligation to notify any beneficiary of the existence of any account or the vesting of the beneficiary’s interest in any account, except as otherwise provided by law.
5. Accounts for Minors
For any account established by or for a minor, the Credit Union reserves the right to require a joint account owner who is at least eighteen (18) years of age who shall be jointly and severally liable to the Credit Union for any returned item, overdraft, or unpaid charges or amounts on such account. For a joint account, all funds in the account shall be owned as a joint account with rights of survivorship unless otherwise indicated on the Account Card. The Credit Union may make payments of funds directly to the minor without regard to his or her minority. The Credit Union has no duty to inquire of the use or purpose of any transaction by the minor or joint account owner. The minor account owner’s tax identification number must be shown on the Card. The Credit Union shall not change the account status when the minor reaches age eighteen (18), unless authorized in writing by all account owners.
6. Uniform Transfer to Minor Accounts
A Uniform Transfer to Minor Account (UTTMA) is an individual account established by a member as a custodian on behalf of a minor (a person under twenty-one (21) years of age). The custodian shall open the account in the name of the minor, include the minor’s social security number, and must sign his or her own name on the Account Card. The custodian is the owner of the account for the exclusive right and benefit of the minor and, barring a court order otherwise, is the only party entitled to make deposits to, withdrawals from, or close the account. In the event of the custodian’s death, the Credit Union may place an administrative hold on the account until it receives instructions from any person authorized by law to withdraw funds or a court order authorizing such withdrawal.
7. Accounts for Living Trusts
An account of a living trust is an individual account held by one or more trustees of a trust for the benefit of one or more beneficiaries pursuant to a revocable trust agreement. Upon request of the Credit Union, the trustee shall sign an Account Authorization Card and provide any other evidence of the trustee’s authority the Credit Union requires. Trustee warrants that a valid living trust has been created, currently exists, and that the trustor and primary beneficiary are eligible for membership in the Credit Union. The Credit Union does not act as a trustee and is under no obligation to inquire as to the powers or duties of the trustee(s). Trustee agrees to notify the Credit Union in writing if a change of trustee occurs. Credit Union may withhold payment of funds to any party until proper evidence of authority is provided. Credit Union may rely upon the directions of any one trustee until a written notice of revocation of the living trust or an Account Change form is received. Funds may be released to any one trustee acting alone or with a co-trustee. The trustee(s) agrees to indemnify and hold Credit Union harmless of any liability, claim, damage or loss arising as a result of unauthorized acts of any trustee or former trustee or acts of any trustee upon which Credit Union relies prior to notice of revocation of the trust. This Agreement shall be binding on the trust, any trustee, successor trustee and beneficiaries.
8. Accounts of Organizations
Accounts held in the name of a club or association member are subject to the same terms set forth in this Agreement and the following additional rules. The Credit Union reserves the right to require the member to provide an Account Authorization Card informing the Credit Union who is authorized to act on its behalf. You agree to notify the Credit Union of any change in authority. The Credit Union may rely on the written authorization until such time as the Credit Union is informed of changes in writing and has had a reasonable time to act upon such notice. The Credit Union may require that third party checks payable to a club or association may not be cashed, but must be deposited to a the account. The Credit Union shall have no notice of any breach of fiduciary duties arising from a transaction by any agent of the account owner, unless the Credit Union has actual notice of any wrongdoing.
9. Deposit Requirements
Funds may be deposited to any account in any manner approved by the Credit Union in accordance with the requirements set forth on the Rate and Fee Schedule. All accounts are nonassignable and nonnegotiable to third parties. Certificate Accounts are governed by the terms of this Agreement and the terms and disclosures on your Certificate Account Receipt for each account, which is incorporated herein by this reference.
a. Endorsements. You authorize the Credit Union, in its discretion, to accept transfers, checks, and other items for deposit into any of your accounts, whether or not they are endorsed by all payees. You authorize the Credit Union to supply missing endorsements if the Credit Union chooses to supply such endorsements. The Credit Union reserves the right to verify all endorsements on third party checks presented for deposit either in person or by comparison with member signature files. If an insurance, government, and certain other checks require an endorsement as set forth on the back of the check, the Credit Union may require endorsement as set forth on the check. Endorsements must be placed in the space on the back of the check between the top edge and 11/2 inch from the top edge. The Credit Union may accept checks with endorsements outside this space. However, if any such endorsement or other markings you or any prior endorser make on the check cause any delay or error in processing the item for payment, you will be responsible for any loss incurred by the Credit Union due to the delay or error.
b. Collection of Items. The Credit Union shall not be responsible for deposits made by mail or at an unstaffed facility until the Credit Union actually receives them. In handling items for deposit or collection, the Credit Union only acts as your agent and assumes no responsibility beyond the exercise of ordinary care. The Credit Union will not be liable for default or negligence of any correspondent or for loss in transit, and each correspondent will only be liable for its own negligence. The Credit Union reserves the right to send any item for collection.
c. Final Payment. All items or Automated Clearing House ("ACH") transfers credited to your account are provisional and subject to our receipt of final payment. If final payment is not received, we reserve the right to charge your account for the amount of those items or ACH transfers and impose a return charge on your account. If an item or ACH transfer is converted to or from a foreign currency, you assume all risks associated with the foreign exchange conversion, and agree that any loss resulting from any foreign exchange conversion will be allocated to you. After we have received final payment, we refer to these deposits as collected items. If the Credit Union incurs any fee to collect any item, the Credit Union may charge such fee to your account. The Credit Union reserves the right to refuse or to return all or any item or funds transfer. The Credit Union shall have the right to charge back against your account all previously deposited items or other items endorsed by you that are returned to the Credit Union unpaid, regardless of whether the amount of the item has been available for your use. All items or Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfers credited to your account are provisional until we receive final payment. If final payment is not received, we may charge your account for the amount of items or ACH transfers and impose a return item charge on your account. Any collection fees we incur may be charged to your account. We reserve the right to refuse or return any items or funds. We have the right to charge-back against your account all previously deposited items or other items endorsed by you that are returned to us unpaid, regardless or whether the amount of the item has been available for your use. We may debit your account into overdraft on a charge-back item, and not be liable for damages to you as a result of the charge-back. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require us to debit the account into overdraft or to create an arrangement for the extension of credit by means of overdrafts.
d. Direct Deposits. The Credit Union may offer direct deposit options allowing you to preauthorize deposits (i.e., payroll checks, Social Security or retirement checks, or other government checks) or preauthorize transfers from other accounts at the Credit Union. You must authorize any direct deposits to your accounts by a separate authorization form. If applicable, you must notify the Credit Union at least thirty (30) days prior to any direct deposit or preauthorized transfer if you wish to cancel or change the direct deposit or direct transfer option. Upon a filing of a bankruptcy, if you fail to cancel any direct deposit authorization, you instruct your employer and the Credit Union to make and apply direct deposits in accordance with your authorization on file with the Credit Union. If the Credit Union is required to reimburse the U.S. Government for any benefit payment directly deposited into your account for any reason, you agree the Credit Union may deduct the amount returned from any of your accounts, unless prohibited by law.
e. Crediting of Deposits. Deposits made on Saturdays, Sundays, and Credit Union holidays will be credited to your account on the next business day. Ask for our current deposit cutoff time. Deposits received at unstaffed facilities such as night depositories will be credited on the day funds are removed and processed by the Credit Union. Items drawn from an institution located outside the United States are handled on a collection basis only. Funds will be credited to your account when we receive final payment. You waive any notice of nonpayment, dishonor, or protest regarding any items purchased or received by the Credit Union for credit to your account or for collection.
10. Electronic Check Conversions
a. Electronic Checks. If you authorize a merchant to electronically debit your checking account using the routing, account and serial number of your check to initiate the transfer, whether the check is blank, partially or fully completed and signed, such authorization is an electronic check conversion. An electronic check conversion is an electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) subject to the terms of “III. Electronic Funds Transfer Agreement”. You authorize us to honor any electronic check conversion from your checking account just the same as a regular written check.
b. Electronic Represented Checks. If you write a check on a personal account that we return unpaid because of insufficient or uncollected funds, the payee or any subsequent holder of the check may re-present the check to us, through an electronic instruction (“Electronic Re-presented Check”) to charge your account for the amount of the check. If we receive an electronic re-presented check, we will pay or return the electronic re-presented check as if the original paper check was presented to us. Any collection fee you authorize the merchant to debit from your account is an electronic funds transfer subject to the terms of “III. Electronic Funds Transfer Agreement”. If you want to reverse an electronic re-presented check, you must give us an affidavit within 15 days after we send or make available to you the periodic statement that reflects payment of that electronic re-presented check. In your affidavit, you must declare and swear under oath that the electronic re-presented check was ineligible or unauthorized. If we receive proper notice or affidavit from you within the 15-day period, we will recredit your account with the amount of the charge. If you wish to stop payment of any electronic re-presented check, you must follow the procedures contained in this Agreement for stopping payment of checks, not the procedures for stopping payment on electronic loan payments. If you ask us to request the depositor’s bank to send us the original paper check or copy of the paper check, and we provide it to you, you agree that you will not seek to have your account recredited due to a prior stop payment order or if the item is otherwise ineligible for collection.
11. Account Access
a. Authorized Signature. In order to access any account, the Credit Union must have an authorized signature of yours on an Account Card. The Credit Union is authorized to recognize your signature, but will not be liable for refusing to honor any item or instruction of yours if it believes in good faith that the signature on such item or instruction is not genuine. If you have authorized the use of a facsimile signature, the Credit Union may honor any check that appears to bear your facsimile signature even if it was made by an unauthorized person. If you give your account number to a third person, you authorize us to honor transactions initiated by the third person even if you did not specifically authorize a particular transaction.
b. Access Options. You may make withdrawals or transfers from your account in any manner which is permitted by the Credit Union (i.e., check, automated teller machines (ATMs), debit card, in person, by mail, automatic transfer, telephone or Online Banking). If the Credit Union accepts any check that is not drawn on a form provided by the Credit Union, you will be responsible for any loss incurred by the Credit Union for handling the draft. The Credit Union may return as unpaid any check that is not drawn in the form provided by the Credit Union.
c. ACH & Wire Transfers. If offered, you may initiate or receive credits or debits to your account via wire transfer or ACH ("Automated Clearing House") transfer. You agree that if you receive funds by a wire or ACH transfer, the Credit Union is not required to notify you at the time the funds are received. Instead, the transfer will be shown on your periodic statement. The Credit Union may provisionally credit your account for an ACH transfer before it receives final settlement for the transfer. You agree that if the Credit Union does not receive final settlement for a transfer, it may reverse the provisional credit to your account, or you will refund the amount to the Credit Union. If an ACH or wire transfer is converted to or from a foreign currency, you assume all risks associated with the foreign exchange conversion, and agree that any loss resulting from any foreign exchange conversion will be allocated to you. When you initiate a wire transfer, you may identify either the recipient or any financial institution by name and by account or identifying number. The Credit Union (and other institutions) may rely on the account or other identifying number you give as the proper identification number, even if it identifies a different party or institution. Wire transfers are governed by Federal Reserve Regulation J if the transfer is cleared through the Federal Reserve. ACH transactions are governed by the rules of the National Automated Clearing House Association.
d. Credit Union Examination. The Credit Union may disregard information on any check other than the signature of the drawer and amount of the item and any magnetic encoded information. You agree the Credit Union does not fail to exercise ordinary care in paying an item solely because its procedures do not provide for sight examination of items.
12. Account Rates and Fees
The Credit Union’s payment of dividends on any account is subject to the account rates and fees, earnings, payment and balance requirements as set forth on the Rate and Fee Schedule and each Certificate Account Receipt, which are incorporated herein by this reference. You agree the Credit Union may impose fees and charges for the deposit account services provided by the Credit Union. A current Rate and Fee Schedule has been provided to you separately. You agree the Credit Union may change the Rate and Fee Schedule from time to time and you will be notified of such changes as required by law.
13. Transaction Limitations
a. Withdrawal Restrictions. The Credit Union will permit a withdrawal only if you have sufficient available funds in your account to cover the full amount of the withdrawal or have an established overdraft protection plan. Checks or other transfer or payment orders which are drawn against insufficient available funds will be subject to a service charge, set forth in the Rate and Fee Schedule. If there are sufficient available funds to cover some but not all of your withdrawal orders, the Credit Union may allow those withdrawals for which there are sufficient available funds in any order at the Credit Union’s discretion. The Credit Union may also refuse to allow a withdrawal in other cases; for example: any dispute between the owners about the account (unless a court has ordered the Credit Union to allow the withdrawal); a legal garnishment or attachment is served; the account secures an obligation to the Credit Union; any required documentation has not been presented; or you fail to repay a Credit Union loan on time. You will be advised of the reasons for refusal if such action is taken. The Credit Union reserves the right to require members to give notice in writing of any intended withdrawals from any account (except checks of not less than 7 days and up to 60 days, as required by law, before such withdrawal.) When processing items drawn on your account, our general policy is to post them according to the dollar amount for each category of payment. For example, when we post ATM, ACH or checks transactions to your account, we post the items of a category (checks) largest to smallest. The order in which items are paid is important if there is insufficient money in your account to pay all of the items that are presented. Our payment policy will cause your largest, and perhaps more important, items to be paid first (such as your rent or mortgage payment), but may increase the overdraft or NSF fees you have to pay if funds are not available to pay all of the items. In the future, our policy may change according to our payment systems and facilities. For example, transactions may be posted at the time of a transaction (POS and ATMs transactions) is made.
b. Transfer Limitations. For Savings and Money Market savings accounts, you may make up to six (6) preauthorized, automatic, telephonic, audio response, or Online Banking transfers to another account of yours or to a third party during any calendar month. Of these six, you may make no more than three (3) transfers to a third party by check or debit card purchase. A preauthorized transfer includes any arrangement with the Credit Union to pay a third party from the member’s account upon oral or written orders including orders received through the automated clearing house (ACH). There is no limit on the number of transactions you may make in the following manner (i) transfers to any loan account with the Credit Union; (ii) transfers to another Credit Union account or withdrawals (checks mailed directly to you) when such transfer or withdrawal is initiated in person, by mail or at an ATM. If a transfer request would exceed the transfer limitations set forth above in any statement period, the Credit Union may refuse or reverse the transfer, and your account will be subject to suspension or closure by the Credit Union, and the Credit Union may impose a charge.
c. Transaction Volumes. The Credit Union reserves the right to limit the number of items deposited and/or the frequency of deposits per day. If the transactions on your account exceed the volume or amount considered normal for consumer activity, the Credit Union may impose an excess transaction fee, limit your account activity, or close your account.
14. Overdrafts
If a check, debit card transaction, ACH transaction, website transaction or audio response transaction is presented without sufficient funds in your account to pay it, we may, at our discretion, pay the item (creating an overdraft) or return the item (NSF). Also, we may not honor overdrafts from ATM or teller transactions. While we reserve the right to pay or not pay any item presented without sufficient funds, you may request that we do not pay such items. In that case, we will return any item presented without sufficient funds (NSF). If you wish to exercise this option and prefer that we do not pay such items, you must contact us by calling us at (541) 382-1795 or writing us to PO Box 6749, Bend, OR 97708 and informing us that you do not want us to pay any items presented without sufficient funds. If you do not notify us, we retain the right, in our discretion, to pay or not pay any item presented without sufficient funds. The amounts of the overdraft and NSF fees are set forth on the Rate and Fee Schedule. We encourage you to make careful records and practice good account management. This will help you avoid writing checks without sufficient funds and incurring the resulting fees.
15. Postdated and Staledated Items
You authorize us to accept and pay any check, even if the check is presented for payment before its date, unless you notify the Credit Union of the postdating. Your notice will be effective only if the Credit Union receives the notice in time for the Credit Union to notify its employees and reasonably act upon the notice and you accurately describe the check, including the number, date, and amount. You understand that the exact information is necessary for the Credit Union’s computer to identify the check. If you give the Credit Union an incorrect, incomplete, or untimely notice, the Credit Union will not be responsible for paying the item before the date stated and the Credit Union may charge your account as of the date the Credit Union pays the item. You may make an oral notice which will lapse within fourteen (14) days unless continued in writing, within that time. A written notice will be effective for six (6) months. A written notice may be renewed in writing from time to time. You also agree not to deposit checks or other items before they are properly payable. The Credit Union is under no obligation to you to pay a check or draft drawn on your account which is presented more than six months after its date.
16. Stop Payment Orders
a. Stop Payment Request. You may ask the Credit Union to stop payment on any check drawn upon and ACH debit scheduled from your checking account. You may request a stop payment by telephone, by mail, or in person. For checks and ACH debits, the stop payment will be effective if the Credit Union receives the order in time for the Credit Union to act upon the order. For preauthorized ACH debits, the stop payment order must be received at least three (3) banking days before the scheduled date of the transfer. You must state the number of the account, date and exact amount of the check or ACH, and the number of the check or originator of the ACH debit. If you give the Credit Union incorrect or incomplete information, the Credit Union will not be responsible for failing to stop payment on the item. If the stop payment order is not received in time for the Credit Union to act upon the order, the Credit Union will not be liable to you or to any other party for payment of the item. If we recredit your account after paying a check over a valid and timely stop payment order, you agree to sign a statement describing the dispute with the payee, to transfer all of your rights against the payee or other holders of the check to the Credit Union, and to assist the Credit Union in legal action taken against the person.
b. Duration of Order. You may make an oral stop payment order which will lapse within fourteen (14) calendar days unless continued in writing within that time. A written stop payment order will be effective for six (6) months. A written stop payment order may be renewed in writing from time to time. The Credit Union is not obligated to notify you when a stop payment order expires.
c. Liability. The Credit Union may charge a fee for each stop payment order requested, as set forth on the Rate and Fee Schedule. You may not stop payment on any certified check or draft, cashier’s check or teller’s check, or any other check, draft, or payment guaranteed by the Credit Union. You should be aware that while payment of the item may be stopped, you may remain liable to any person, including the Credit Union, who is a holder of the item despite the stop payment order. You agree to indemnify and hold the Credit Union harmless from all costs, including attorney fees, damages or claims related to the Credit Union’s action in refusing payment of an item, including claims of any multiple party account owner, payee, or endorsee in failing to stop payment of an item as a result of incorrect information provided by you.
17. Lost Items
The Credit Union, in receiving items from you for withdrawal or deposit, acts only as your agent and reserves the right to reverse the credit for any deposited items or to charge your account for the items should they become lost in the collection process.
18. Credit Union’s Liability for Errors
If the Credit Union does not properly complete a transaction according to this Agreement, the Credit Union will be liable for your losses or damages not to exceed the amount of the transaction, except as otherwise provided by law. The Credit Union will not be liable if: (a) through no fault of the Credit Union, your account does not contain enough money to make the transaction; (b) circumstances beyond the Credit Union’s control prevents the transaction; (c) your loss is caused by your negligence or the negligence of another financial institution; or (d) the money in your account is subject to legal process or other claim. The Credit Union will not liable for consequential damages except liability for wrongful dishonor. The Credit Union’s actions will constitute the exercise of ordinary care if such actions or non-actions are consistent with applicable state law, Federal Reserve regulations and operating letters, clearing house rules, and general banking practices followed in the area serviced by the Credit Union. You grant the Credit Union the right, in making payments of deposited funds, to rely exclusively on the form of the account and the terms of this Account Agreement. Any conflict between oral representations by you or Credit Union employees and any written form will be resolved by reference to this Agreement and applicable written form.
19. Credit Union Lien and Security Interest
To the extent you owe the Credit Union money as a borrower, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, the Credit Union has a lien on any or all of the funds in any account in which you have an ownership interest at the Credit Union, regardless of the source of the funds. The Credit Union may apply these funds in any order to pay off your indebtedness without further notice to you. If the Credit Union chooses not to enforce its lien, the Credit Union does not waive its right to enforce the lien at a later time. In addition, you grant the Credit Union a consensual security interest in your accounts and agree the Credit Union may use the funds from your accounts to pay any debt or amount owed the Credit Union, except obligations secured by your dwelling, unless prohibited by applicable law. You may not assign or transfer any account to a third party.
20. Legal Process
If any legal action, such as a levy, garnishment, or attachment, is brought against your account, the Credit Union may refuse to pay out any money from your account until the dispute is resolved. If the Credit Union incurs any expenses or attorney fees in responding to legal process, such expenses may be charged against your account without prior notice to you, unless prohibited by law. Any legal process against your account is subject to the Credit Union’s lien and security interest.
21. Notices
a. Name or Address Changes. It is your responsibility to notify the Credit Union upon a change of address or change of name. The Credit Union is only required to attempt to communicate with you only at the most recent address you have provided to the Credit Union. The Credit Union may accept oral notices of a change in address and may require any other notice from you to the Credit Union be provided in writing to an officer of the Credit Union. If the Credit Union attempts to locate you, the Credit Union may impose a service fee as set forth on the Rate and Fee Schedule.
b. Notice of Amendments. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the terms of this Agreement are subject to change at any time. The Credit Union will notify you of any changes in account terms, rates, or fees as required by law. Changes in account ownership such as adding or removing a joint account owner, must be evidenced by a signed Account Card which, upon execution, will be incorporated herein by this reference. The Credit Union reserves the right to waive any term in this Agreement. Any such waiver shall not affect the Credit Union’s right to enforce any right in the future.
c. Effect of Notice. Any written notice you give to the Credit Union is effective when it is actually received by the Credit Union. Any written notice the Credit Union gives to you is effective when it is deposited in the U.S. Mail, postage prepaid and addressed to you at your statement mailing address. Notice to any one account owner is considered notice to all owners of the account.
22. Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN) and Backup Withholding
If your account is or becomes subject to backup withholding, the Credit Union is required by law to withhold and pay to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a required percentage of payments of interest, dividends and certain other payments under certain conditions. Your failure to furnish a correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) or meet other applicable requirements may result in backup withholding as well as civil or criminal penalties. If you refuse to provide your TIN, the Credit Union may suspend the opening of your account, or you may request a non-dividend bearing account until a TIN is provided.
23. Statements
a. Contents. If the Credit Union provides a statement for your account, you will receive a periodic statement of all transactions and activity on your account during the statement period. If a periodic statement is provided you agree that only one statement is necessary for a multiple party account. For checking accounts, you understand that when paid your original check becomes property of the Credit Union and may not be returned to you, but copies will be retained by Credit Union or a payable through financial institution and made available upon your request. You understand statements and checks are made available to you on the date the statement is mailed to you.
b. Examination. You are responsible for examining each statement reporting any irregularities to the Credit Union. The Credit Union will not be responsible for any forged, altered, or unauthorized item drawn on your account if (1) you fail to notify the Credit Union within thirty (30) days of the mailing date of the earliest statement and availability of checks containing any forgery, alteration, or unauthorized signature on the item; or (2) any items that are items forged or altered in a manner not detectable by a reasonable person including the unauthorized use of a facsimile signature machine. If you have agreed to receive your statement electronically, the mailing date is the date the Credit Union notifies you of the statement availability, and you agree that no paper statement will be issued to you.
c. Notice to Credit Union. You agree that the Credit Union’s retention of checks does not alter or waive your responsibility to examine your statements and draft copies or the time limit for notifying the Credit Union of any errors. The statement will be considered correct for all purposes and the Credit Union will not be liable for any payment made or charge to your account unless you notify the Credit Union in writing within the above time limit after the statement and checks are made available to you.
24. Dormant and Abandoned Accounts
If you have an account that has a balance of $300.00 or less and you have an account that you have not made a withdrawal from, deposit to, or transfer involving your account for more than one (1) year, the Credit Union may classify your account as a dormant account and may charge a dormant account service fee as set forth on the Rate and Fee Schedule. The Credit Union will notify you at your last known address prior to imposing any fee as required by law. Checking accounts will continue to incur applicable fees. until closed by the member. You authorize us to transfer funds from an available account of yours to cover applicable fees, if necessary. If a deposit or withdrawal has not been made on the account and the Credit Union has had no other contact with you for five (5) years as required by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, the account will be presumed to be abandoned. Funds in abandoned accounts will be remitted in accordance with state law. Once funds have been turned over to the state, the Credit Union has no further liability to you for such funds and if you choose to reclaim such funds, you must apply to the appropriate state agency.
25. Death of Account Owner
The Credit Union may require the survivor or other claimant to the account to produce certain documents before releasing the funds in the account. The Credit Union may continue to honor all transfers, withdrawals, deposits and other transactions on the account until the Credit Union learns of an account owner’s death. Once the Credit Union learns of a member’s death, the Credit Union may pay checks or honor other payments or transfer orders authorized by the deceased member for a period of ten (10) days unless the Credit Union receives instructions from any person claiming an interest in the account to stop payment on the checks or other items. You agree that the Credit Union can require that anyone who claims funds in your account after your death to indemnify the Credit Union for any losses resulting from honoring that claim.
26. Termination of Account
The Credit Union may terminate your account at any time without notice to you or may require you to close your account and apply for a new account if (1) there is a change in owners or authorized signers; (2) there has been a forgery or fraud reported or committed involving your account; (3) there is a dispute as to the ownership of the funds in the account; (4) any account checks are lost or stolen; or (5) if there has been any misrepresentation or any other abuse of any of your accounts. You may terminate your account at any time by notifying the Credit Union by oral direction or in writing. The Credit Union is not responsible for payment of any check, withdrawal, or other item once your account is terminated; however, if the Credit Union pays a check after termination, you agree to reimburse the Credit Union for payment.
27. Termination of Membership
You may terminate your membership at the Credit union after giving written notice of your intent to withdraw from membership. You may be denied services or expelled from membership for any reason allowed by applicable law, including causing a loss to the Credit Union.
28. Special Account Instructions
You may request the Credit Union to facilitate certain trust, will, or court-ordered account arrangements. However, because the Credit Union does not give legal advice, we cannot counsel you as to which account arrangement most appropriately meets the specific requirements of your trust, will, or court order. You and any surviving owner or beneficiary agree(s) to indemnify and hold the Credit Union harmless from any claim or liability asserted against the Credit Union as a result of the disposition of funds in reliance on this Agreement and any account designations of yours. If you ask the Credit Union to follow instructions that the Credit Union believes might expose it to claims, suits, lawsuits, expenses, liabilities, or damages, whether directly or indirectly, the Credit Union may refuse to follow your instructions or may require you to post a bond indemnify the Credit Union. Any item presented with a full payment legend must be presented in person to a Credit Union officer; otherwise, payment is accepted with full reservation of rights. Account changes requested by you, or any account owner, such as adding or closing an account or service, must be evidenced by a signed Account Card and accepted by the Credit Union. The Credit Union will not recognize the authority of someone to whom you have given power of attorney without written authorization and a copy of the Power of Attorney on record at the Credit Union.
29. Severability
In the event that any paragraph of this Agreement or any portion thereof is held by a court to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the other paragraphs and portions of this Agreement shall not be invalid or unenforceable and will continue in full force and effect.
30. Enforcement
You agree to be liable to the Credit Union for any liability, loss, or expense as provided in this Agreement that the Credit Union incurs as a result of any dispute involving your accounts or services. You authorize the Credit Union to deduct any such liability, loss, or expense from your account without prior notice to you. In the event either party brings a legal action to enforce the Agreement or collect any overdrawn funds on accounts accessed under this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled, subject to applicable law, to payment by the other party of its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, and any collection agency costs, if applicable, including fees on any appeal, bankruptcy proceedings, and any post-judgment collection actions, if applicable.
31. Governing Law
This Agreement is governed by the Bylaws of the Credit Union, federal laws and regulations, the laws and regulations of the State of Oregon and local clearinghouse rules, as amended from time to time. Any disputes regarding this Agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the court of the county in which the Credit Union is located.
II. FUNDS AVAILABILITY POLICY
1. General Policy
a. Savings Accounts. Our policy for deposits to savings accounts is to place a reasonable hold on the availability of funds.
b. Checking Accounts. Our policy for deposits to your checking account is to make funds from your deposits available to you on the same business day that we receive your deposit. The remainder of this Funds Availability Policy applies to checking accounts.
Electronic direct deposits will be available on the day we receive the deposit. Once they are available, you can withdraw the funds in cash and we will use the funds to pay checks that you have written. For determining the availability of your deposits, every day is a business day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays. If you make a deposit before 5:00 pm on a business day that we are open, we will consider that day to be the day of your deposit. However, if you make a deposit after 5:00 pm or on a day we are not open, we will consider that the deposit was made on the next business day we are open.
2. Reservation of Right to Hold
In some cases, we will not make all of the funds that you deposit by check available to you on the same business day that we receive your deposit. Depending on the type of check that you deposit, funds may not be available until the fifth business day after the day of your deposit. However, the first $100.00 of your deposit will be available on the first business day. If we are not going to make all of the funds from your deposit available on the first business day, we will notify you at the time you make your deposit. We will also tell you when the funds will be available. If your deposit is not made directly to one of our employees, or if we decide to take this action after you have left the premises, we will mail you the notice by the day after we receive your deposit. If you will need the funds from a deposit right away, you should ask us when the funds will be available.
3. Holds on Other Funds
If we cash a check for you that is drawn on another financial institution, we may withhold the availability of a corresponding amount of funds that are already in your account. Those funds will be available at the time funds from the check we cashed would have been available if you had deposited it. If we accept for deposit a check that is drawn on another financial institution, we may make funds from the deposit available for withdrawal immediately but delay your availability to withdraw a corresponding amount of funds that you have on deposit in another account with us. The funds in the other account would then not be available for withdrawal until the time periods that are described elsewhere in this disclosure for the type of check that you deposited.
4. Longer Delays May Apply
We may delay your ability to withdraw funds deposited by check into your account an additional number of days under certain circumstances. Federal law provides for exception to the federal funds availability schedules when:
· We believe a check you deposit will not be paid.
· You deposit checks totaling more than $5,000 on any one day.
· You deposit a check that has been returned unpaid.
· You have overdrawn your account repeatedly in the last six months.
· There is an emergency, such as failure of communications or computer equipment.
We will notify you if we delay your ability to withdraw funds for any of these reasons, and we will tell you when the funds will be available. They will generally be available no later than the eleventh business day after the day of your deposit.
5. Deposits at Nonproprietary ATMs
Funds from any deposits (cash or checks) made at automated teller machines (ATMs) we do not own or operate will not be available until the fifth business day after the date of your deposit. Deposits at our ATMs follow the guidelines in the credit union’s funds availability policy. Exceptions holds may apply; refer to the Longer delays May Apply section in this agreement. All ATMs that we own or operate are identified as our machines.
6. Special Rules for New Accounts
The following rules may apply during the first thirty (30) days your account is open:
a. Funds from electronic direct deposits will be available on the day we receive the deposit.
b. Funds from deposits of wire transfers, and the first $5000 of a day’s total deposits of cashier’s, certified, teller’s, traveler’s and federal, state, and local government checks will be available on the first business day of the deposit if the deposit meets certain criteria (for example, the check must be payable to you). The excess over $5000 may not be available until the ninth business day after the day of your deposit.
c. Funds from all other check deposits may not be available until the eleventh business day after the day of your deposit.
7. Foreign Checks
Checks drawn on financial institutions located outside the United States (foreign checks) cannot be processed the same as checks drawn on United States financial institutions. Foreign checks are exempt from this policy. Generally, the availability of funds for deposits of foreign checks will be delayed for the time it takes us to collect the funds from the financial institutions upon which it is drawn.
III. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS
The following disclosures set forth your and our rights and responsibilities concerning electronic funds transfers. Electronic funds transfers (“EFTs”) are electronically initiated transfers of money involving a deposit account at the Credit Union and multiple access options including Online Banking, direct deposits, automated teller machines (ATMs), VISA Check Card, and audio response (Telephone Teller) services.
1. EFT Services
a. Automated Teller Machines ("ATMs"). You may use your Card and personal identification number (PIN) in ATMs of the Credit Union, PLUS Network, Co-Op, VISA, and such other machines or facilities as the Credit Union may designate. At the present time, you may use your Card to:
· Make deposits to your Regular Share Account or your primary Checking Account.
· Withdraw cash from your primary Checking Account or Regular Share Account.
· Transfer funds between your Regular Share Account and your primary Checking Account.
· Obtain balance information for your Regular Share Account and your primary Checking Account.
b. Direct Deposit. Upon instruction of (i) your employer or (ii) the Treasury Department or (iii) other financial institutions, the Credit Union will accept direct deposits of your paycheck or of Federal recurring payments, such as Social Security.
c. Pre-authorized Debits. You may make direct withdrawals from your account to a particular person or company at least periodically which you have arranged with that person or company, provided you have enough funds in your account to cover the payment.
d. Telephone Teller. If we approve your application for telephone access to your accounts under the Telephone Teller service, you may use a telephone to access your account. You may select a personal identification code. You must use your PIC along with your account number to access your accounts. At the present time you may use the Telephone Teller service to:
· Obtain balance information from all your savings and checking accounts.
· Transfer funds between these same accounts (except certificates) including loan payments to any of your line of credit accounts.