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Part I - General Provisions and Definitions
§ 28:3–101. Short title - This article may be cited as the “Uniform Commercial Code—Negotiable...
§ 28:3–102. Subject matter - (a) This article applies to negotiable instruments. It does not...
§ 28:3–103. Definitions - (a) In this article, the term: (1) “Acceptor” means a...
§ 28:3–104. Negotiable instrument - (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of...
§ 28:3–105. Issue of instrument - (a) “Issue” means the first delivery of an instrument by...
§ 28:3–106. Unconditional promise or order - (a) Except as provided in this section, for the purposes...
§ 28:3–107. Instrument payable in foreign money - Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the...
§ 28:3–108. Payable on demand or at definite time - (a) A promise or order is “payable on demand” if...
§ 28:3–109. Payable to bearer or to order - (a) A promise or order is payable to bearer if...
§ 28:3–110. Identification of person to whom instrument is payable - (a) The person to whom an instrument is initially payable...
§ 28:3–111. Place of payment - Except as otherwise provided for items in Article 4, an...
§ 28:3–112. Interest - (a) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument, (i) an instrument...
§ 28:3–113. Date of instrument - (a) An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date...
§ 28:3–114. Contradictory terms of instrument - If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over...
§ 28:3–115. Incomplete instrument - (a) “Incomplete instrument” means a signed writing, whether or not...
§ 28:3–116. Joint and several liability; contribution - Repealed. (Mar. 23, 1995, D.C. Law 10-249, § 2(d), 42...
§ 28:3–117. Other agreements affecting instrument - Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous...
§ 28:3–118. Statute of limitations - (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section,...
§ 28:3–119. Notice of right to defend action - In an action for breach of an obligation for which...
Part II - Negotiation, Transfer, and Indorsement
§ 28:3–201. Negotiation - (a) “Negotiation” means a transfer of possession, whether voluntary or...
§ 28:3–202. Negotiation subject to rescission - (a) Negotiation is effective even if obtained (i) from an...
§ 28:3–203. Transfer of instrument; rights acquired by transfer - (a) An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by...
§ 28:3–204. Indorsement - (a) “Indorsement” means a signature, other than that of a...
§ 28:3–205. Special indorsement; blank indorsement; anomalous indorsement - (a) If an indorsement is made by the holder of...
§ 28:3–206. Restrictive indorsement - (a) An indorsement limiting payment to a particular person or...
§ 28:3–207. Reacquisition - Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is transferred to...
Part III - Enforcement of Instruments
§ 28:3–301. Person entitled to enforce instrument - Person entitled to enforce” an instrument means (i) the holder...
§ 28:3–302. Holder in due course - (a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section and section...
§ 28:3–303. Value and consideration - (a) An instrument is issued or transferred for value if:...
§ 28:3–304. Overdue instrument - (a) An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the...
§ 28:3–305. Defenses and claims in recoupment - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the right...
§ 28:3–306. Claims to an instrument - A person taking an instrument, other than a person having...
§ 28:3–307. Notice of breach of fiduciary duty - (a) In this section: (1) “Fiduciary” means an agent, trustee,...
§ 28:3–308. Proof of signatures and status as holder in due course - (a) In an action with respect to an instrument, the...
§ 28:3–309. Enforcement of lost, destroyed, or stolen instrument - (a) A person not in possession of an instrument is...
§ 28:3–310. Effect of instrument on obligation for which taken - (a) Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check, cashier’s check,...
§ 28:3–311. Accord and satisfaction by use of instrument - (a) If a person against whom a claim is asserted...
§ 28:3–312. Lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier’s check, teller’s check, or certified check - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1)...
Part IV - Liability of Parties
§ 28:3–401. Signature - (a) A person is not liable on an instrument unless...
§ 28:3–402. Signature by representative - (a) If a person acting, or purporting to act, as...
§ 28:3–403. Unauthorized signature - (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article or Article 4,...
§ 28:3–404. Impostors; fictitious payees - (a) If an impostor, by use of the mails or...
§ 28:3–405. Employer’s responsibility for fraudulent indorsement by employee - (a) In this section, the term: (1) “Employee” includes an...
§ 28:3–406. Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument - (a) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially...
§ 28:3–407. Alteration - (a) “Alteration” means (i) an unauthorized change in an instrument...
§ 28:3–408. Drawee not liable on unaccepted draft - A check or other draft does not of itself operate...
§ 28:3–409. Acceptance of draft; certified check - (a) “Acceptance” means the drawee’s signed agreement to pay a...
§ 28:3–410. Acceptance varying draft - (a) If the terms of a drawee’s acceptance vary from...
§ 28:3–411. Refusal to pay cashier’s checks, teller’s checks, and certified checks - (a) In this section, “obligated bank” means the acceptor of...
§ 28:3–412. Obligation of issuer of note or cashier’s check - The issuer of a note or cashier’s check or other...
§ 28:3–413. Obligation of acceptor - (a) The acceptor of a draft is obliged to pay...
§ 28:3–414. Obligation of drawer - (a) This section does not apply to cashier’s checks or...
§ 28:3–415. Obligation of indorser - (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of...
§ 28:3–416. Transfer warranties - (a) A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants...
§ 28:3–417. Presentment warranties - (a) If an unaccepted draft is presented to the drawee...
§ 28:3–418. Payment or acceptance by mistake - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...
§ 28:3–419. Instruments signed for accommodation - (a) If an instrument is issued for value given for...
§ 28:3–420. Conversion of instrument - (a) The law applicable to conversion of personal property applies...
Part V - Dishonor
§ 28:3–501. Presentment - (a) “Presentment” means a demand made by or on behalf...
§ 28:3–502. Dishonor - (a) Dishonor of a note is governed by the following...
§ 28:3–503. Notice of dishonor - (a) The obligation of an indorser stated in section 28:3-415(a)...
§ 28:3–504. Excused presentment and notice of dishonor - (a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is...
§ 28:3–505. Evidence of dishonor - (a) The following are admissible as evidence and create a...
Part VI - Discharge and Payment
§ 28:3–601. Discharge and effect of discharge - (a) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument...
§ 28:3–602. Payment - (a) Subject to subsection (e) of this section, an instrument...
§ 28:3–603. Tender of payment - (a) If tender of payment of an obligation to pay...
§ 28:3–604. Discharge by cancellation or renunciation - (a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or...
§ 28:3–605. Discharge of secondary obligors - (a) If a person entitled to enforce an instrument releases...