If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over printed terms, handwritten terms prevail over both, and words prevail over numbers.
History: 1978 Comp., § 55-3-114, enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 101.
OFFICIAL COMMENTS
UCC Official Comments by ALI & the NCCUSL. Reproduced with permission of the PEB for the UCC. All rights reserved.
Section 3-114 [55-3-114 NMSA 1978] replaces Subsections (b) and (c) of former Section 3-118.
Repeals. — Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 237 repealed former 55-3-114 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 96, § 3-114, relating to date, effective July 1, 1992. Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 101, enacted a new section, effective July 1, 1992. For provisions of former section, see the 1991 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For present comparable provisions, see 55-3-113 NMSA 1978.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 55 - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Section 55-3-101 - Short title.
Section 55-3-102 - Subject matter.
Section 55-3-103 - Definitions.
Section 55-3-104 - Negotiable instrument.
Section 55-3-105 - Issue of instrument.
Section 55-3-106 - Unconditional promise or order.
Section 55-3-107 - Instrument payable in foreign money.
Section 55-3-108 - Payable on demand or at definite time.
Section 55-3-109 - Payable to bearer or to order.
Section 55-3-110 - Identification of person to whom instrument is payable.
Section 55-3-111 - Place of payment.
Section 55-3-113 - Date of instrument.
Section 55-3-114 - Contradictory terms of instrument.
Section 55-3-115 - Incomplete instrument.
Section 55-3-116 - Joint and several liability; contribution.
Section 55-3-117 - Other agreements affecting instrument.
Section 55-3-118 - Statute of limitations.