State Law Affecting RCK Acceptance
Category: Check conversion & RCK Initiated by: RDFI
Applies to (SEC scope)
RCK
camt.053 mapping
Not mapped
Reinitiation
Not applicable to this code
Nacha's definition
(1) The RDFI is located in a state that has not adopted Revised Article 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code (1990 Official Text) and has not revised its customer agreements to allow for Electronic presentment; or (2) The RDFI is located within a state that requires all canceled Checks to a specific type of account to be returned to the Receiver within the periodic statement.
Verbatim from Nacha — ISO 20022 Guide to Mapping U.S. ACH Return Items and Notifications of Change, August 2023, Version 2.01 (Table 1, return reason codes) (return reason code table). Applies to: RCK.
How it appears in an ISO 20022 statement
Nacha's mapping guide marks this code as not currently supported or mapped for camt.053 (footnote 1): it applies to Standard Entry Class codes or flows the guide does not cover, so it has no published ISO 20022 reason-code mapping.
Return time frame
Nacha's public rule pages refer to the standard "two-day" return time frame for returns that are not extended (unauthorized) returns. The governing time limit for this code is set in the Nacha Operating Rules, which Nacha sells and which were not used here, so it is not restated.
Can the entry be reinitiated?
Nacha's reinitiation rule governs resubmission of returned debit entries; it does not arise for this code. See the definition and the operator note for what the return means and who acts on it.
What an operator does next
State law at the RDFI's location bars RCK acceptance. Do not represent by RCK to that Receiver; collect another way.
PaymentBrief guidance, not Nacha text. Your ODFI's procedures and the current Nacha Operating Rules govern.
Where this comes up on PaymentBrief
Sources for this code
- Nacha — ISO 20022 Guide to Mapping U.S. ACH Return Items and Notifications of Change, August 2023, Version 2.01 (Table 1, return reason codes) — nacha-mapping-guide, retrieved 2026-09-06
- Nacha — rule page 'ACH Network Risk and Enforcement Topics' (unauthorized return rate threshold; reinitiation of entries) — nacha-rule-page, retrieved 2026-09-06