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§ 8.3A-101. Short title - This title may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code --...
§ 8.3A-102. Subject matter - (a) This title applies to negotiable instruments. It does not...
§ 8.3A-103. Definitions - (a) In this title: (1) "Acceptor" means a drawee who...
§ 8.3A-104. Negotiable instrument - (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), "negotiable...
§ 8.3A-105. Issue of instrument - (a) "Issue" means the first delivery of an instrument by...
§ 8.3A-106. Unconditional promise or order - (a) Except as provided in this section, for the purposes...
§ 8.3A-107. Instrument payable in foreign money - Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the...
§ 8.3A-108. Payable on demand or at definite time - (a) A promise or order is "payable on demand" if...
§ 8.3A-109. Payable to bearer or to order - (a) A promise or order is payable to bearer if...
§ 8.3A-110. Identification of person to whom instrument is payable - (a) The person to whom an instrument is initially payable...
§ 8.3A-111. Place of payment - Except as otherwise provided for items in Title 8.4, an...
§ 8.3A-112. Interest - (a) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument, (i) an instrument...
§ 8.3A-113. Date of instrument - (a) An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date...
§ 8.3A-114. Contradictory terms of instrument - If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over...
§ 8.3A-115. Incomplete instrument - (a) "Incomplete instrument" means a signed writing, whether or not...
§ 8.3A-116. Joint and several liability; contribution - (a) Except as otherwise provided in the instrument, two or...
§ 8.3A-117. Other agreements affecting instrument - Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous...
§ 8.3A-118. Statute of limitations - (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), an action to...
§ 8.3A-118.1. Statute of limitations on deposit accounts and certificates of deposit - A. An action to enforce the obligations of a bank...
§ 8.3A-119. Notice of right to defend action - In an action for breach of an obligation for which...
§ 8.3A-201. Negotiation - (a) "Negotiation" means a transfer of possession, whether voluntary or...
§ 8.3A-202. Negotiation subject to rescission - (a) Negotiation is effective even if obtained (i) from an...
§ 8.3A-203. Transfer of instrument; rights acquired by transfer - (a) An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by...
§ 8.3A-204. Endorsement - (a) "Endorsement" means a signature, other than that of a...
§ 8.3A-205. Special endorsement; blank endorsement; anomalous endorsement - (a) If an endorsement is made by the holder of...
§ 8.3A-206. Restrictive endorsement - (a) An endorsement limiting payment to a particular person or...
§ 8.3A-207. Reacquisition - Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is transferred to...
§ 8.3A-301. Person entitled to enforce instrument - "Person entitled to enforce" an instrument means (i) the holder...
§ 8.3A-302. Holder in due course - (a) Subject to subsection (c) and § 8.3A-106 (d), "holder...
§ 8.3A-303. Value and consideration - (a) An instrument is issued or transferred for value if:...
§ 8.3A-304. Overdue instrument - (a) An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the...
§ 8.3A-305. Defenses and claims in recoupment - (a) Except as stated in subsection (b), the right to...
§ 8.3A-306. Claims to an instrument - A person taking an instrument, other than a person having...
§ 8.3A-307. Notice of breach of fiduciary duty - (a) In this section: (1) "Fiduciary" means an agent, trustee,...
§ 8.3A-308. Proof of signatures and status as holder in due course - (a) In an action with respect to an instrument, the...
§ 8.3A-309. Enforcement of lost, destroyed, or stolen instrument - (a) A person not in possession of an instrument is...
§ 8.3A-310. Effect of instrument on obligation for which taken - (a) Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check, cashier's check,...
§ 8.3A-311. Accord and satisfaction by use of instrument - (a) If a person against whom a claim is asserted...
§ 8.3A-312. Lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check - (a) In this section: (1) "Check" means a cashier's check,...
§ 8.3A-401. Signature - (a) A person is not liable on an instrument unless...
§ 8.3A-402. Signature by representative - (a) If a person acting, or purporting to act, as...
§ 8.3A-403. Unauthorized signature - (a) Unless otherwise provided in this title or Title 8.4,...
§ 8.3A-404. Impostors; fictitious payees - (a) If an impostor, by use of the mails or...
§ 8.3A-405. Employer's responsibility for fraudulent endorsement by employee - (a) In this section: (1) "Employee" includes an independent contractor...
§ 8.3A-406. Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument - (a) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially...
§ 8.3A-407. Alteration - (a) "Alteration" means (i) an unauthorized change in an instrument...
§ 8.3A-408. Drawee not liable on unaccepted draft - A check or other draft does not of itself operate...
§ 8.3A-409. Acceptance of draft; certified check - (a) "Acceptance" means the drawee's signed agreement to pay a...
§ 8.3A-410. Acceptance varying draft - (a) If the terms of a drawee's acceptance vary from...
§ 8.3A-411. Refusal to pay cashier's checks, teller's checks, and certified checks - (a) In this section, "obligated bank" means the acceptor of...
§ 8.3A-412. Obligation of issuer of note or cashier's check - The issuer of a note or cashier's check or other...
§ 8.3A-413. Obligation of acceptor - (a) The acceptor of a draft is obliged to pay...
§ 8.3A-414. Obligation of drawer - (a) This section does not apply to cashier's checks or...
§ 8.3A-415. Obligation of endorser - (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) and to...
§ 8.3A-416. Transfer warranties - (a) A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants...
§ 8.3A-417. Presentment warranties - (a) If an unaccepted draft is presented to the drawee...
§ 8.3A-418. Payment or acceptance by mistake - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), if the drawee...
§ 8.3A-419. Instruments signed for accommodation - (a) If an instrument is issued for value given for...
§ 8.3A-420. Conversion of instrument - (a) The law applicable to conversion of personal property applies...
§ 8.3A-501. Presentment - (a) "Presentment" means a demand made by or on behalf...
§ 8.3A-502. Dishonor - (a) Dishonor of a note is governed by the following...
§ 8.3A-503. Notice of dishonor - (a) The obligation of an endorser stated in § 8.3A-415...
§ 8.3A-504. Excused presentment and notice of dishonor - (a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is...
§ 8.3A-505. Evidence of dishonor - (a) The following are admissible as evidence and create a...
§ 8.3A-601. Discharge and effect of discharge - (a) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument...
§ 8.3A-602. Payment - (a) Subject to subsection (b), an instrument is paid to...
§ 8.3A-603. Tender of payment - (a) If tender of payment of an obligation to pay...
§ 8.3A-604. Discharge by cancellation or renunciation - (a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or...
§ 8.3A-605. Discharge of endorsers and accommodation parties - (a) In this section, the term "endorser" includes a drawer...