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Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Section 28-3-101 - SHORT TITLE. - 28-3-101. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as "Uniform...
Section 28-3-102 - SUBJECT MATTER. - 28-3-102. SUBJECT MATTER. (1) This chapter applies to negotiable instruments....
Section 28-3-103 - DEFINITIONS. - 28-3-103. DEFINITIONS. (1) In this chapter: (a) "Acceptor" means a...
Section 28-3-104 - NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-104. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT. (1) Except as provided in subsections (3)...
Section 28-3-105 - ISSUE OF INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-105. ISSUE OF INSTRUMENT. (1) "Issue" means the first delivery...
Section 28-3-106 - UNCONDITIONAL PROMISE OR ORDER. - 28-3-106. UNCONDITIONAL PROMISE OR ORDER. (1) Except as provided in...
Section 28-3-107 - INSTRUMENT PAYABLE IN FOREIGN MONEY. - 28-3-107. INSTRUMENT PAYABLE IN FOREIGN MONEY. Unless the instrument otherwise...
Section 28-3-108 - PAYABLE ON DEMAND OR AT DEFINITE TIME. - 28-3-108. PAYABLE ON DEMAND OR AT DEFINITE TIME. (1) A...
Section 28-3-109 - PAYABLE TO BEARER OR TO ORDER. - 28-3-109. PAYABLE TO BEARER OR TO ORDER. (1) A promise...
Section 28-3-110 - IDENTIFICATION OF PERSON TO WHOM INSTRUMENT IS PAYABLE. - 28-3-110. IDENTIFICATION OF PERSON TO WHOM INSTRUMENT IS PAYABLE. (1)...
Section 28-3-111 - PLACE OF PAYMENT. - 28-3-111. PLACE OF PAYMENT. Except as otherwise provided for items...
Section 28-3-112 - INTEREST. - 28-3-112. INTEREST. (1) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument, (i)...
Section 28-3-113 - DATE OF INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-113. DATE OF INSTRUMENT. (1) An instrument may be antedated...
Section 28-3-114 - CONTRADICTORY TERMS OF INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-114. CONTRADICTORY TERMS OF INSTRUMENT. If an instrument contains contradictory...
Section 28-3-115 - INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-115. INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT. (1) "Incomplete instrument" means a signed writing,...
Section 28-3-116 - JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY — CONTRIBUTION. - 28-3-116. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY — CONTRIBUTION. (1) Except as...
Section 28-3-117 - OTHER AGREEMENTS AFFECTING INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-117. OTHER AGREEMENTS AFFECTING INSTRUMENT. Subject to applicable law regarding...
Section 28-3-118 - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. - 28-3-118. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. (1) Except as provided in subsection...
Section 28-3-119 - NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DEFEND ACTION. - 28-3-119. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DEFEND ACTION. In an action...
Part 2 - NEGOTIATION, TRANSFER, AND INDORSEMENT
Section 28-3-201 - NEGOTIATION. - 28-3-201. NEGOTIATION. (1) "Negotiation" means a transfer of possession, whether...
Section 28-3-202 - NEGOTIATION SUBJECT TO RESCISSION. - 28-3-202. NEGOTIATION SUBJECT TO RESCISSION. (1) Negotiation is effective even...
Section 28-3-203 - TRANSFER OF INSTRUMENT — RIGHTS ACQUIRED BY TRANSFER. - 28-3-203. TRANSFER OF INSTRUMENT — RIGHTS ACQUIRED BY TRANSFER. (1)...
Section 28-3-204 - INDORSEMENT. - 28-3-204. INDORSEMENT. (1) "Indorsement" means a signature, other than that...
Section 28-3-205 - SPECIAL INDORSEMENT — BLANK INDORSEMENT — ANOMALOUS INDORSEMENT. - 28-3-205. SPECIAL INDORSEMENT — BLANK INDORSEMENT — ANOMALOUS INDORSEMENT. (1)...
Section 28-3-206 - RESTRICTIVE INDORSEMENT. - 28-3-206. RESTRICTIVE INDORSEMENT. (1) An indorsement limiting payment to a...
Section 28-3-207 - REACQUISITION. - 28-3-207. REACQUISITION. Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is...
Part 3 - ENFORCEMENT OF INSTRUMENTS
Section 28-3-301 - PERSON ENTITLED TO ENFORCE INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-301. PERSON ENTITLED TO ENFORCE INSTRUMENT. "Person entitled to enforce"...
Section 28-3-302 - HOLDER IN DUE COURSE. - 28-3-302. HOLDER IN DUE COURSE. (1) Subject to subsection (3)...
Section 28-3-303 - VALUE AND CONSIDERATION. - 28-3-303. VALUE AND CONSIDERATION. (1) An instrument is issued or...
Section 28-3-304 - OVERDUE INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-304. OVERDUE INSTRUMENT. (1) An instrument payable on demand becomes...
Section 28-3-305 - DEFENSES AND CLAIMS IN RECOUPMENT. - 28-3-305. DEFENSES AND CLAIMS IN RECOUPMENT. (1) Except as stated...
Section 28-3-306 - CLAIMS TO AN INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-306. CLAIMS TO AN INSTRUMENT. A person taking an instrument,...
Section 28-3-307 - PROOF OF SIGNATURES AND STATUS AS HOLDER IN DUE COURSE. - 28-3-307. PROOF OF SIGNATURES AND STATUS AS HOLDER IN DUE...
Section 28-3-308 - ENFORCEMENT OF LOST, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-308. ENFORCEMENT OF LOST, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN INSTRUMENT. (1) A...
Section 28-3-309 - EFFECT OF INSTRUMENT ON OBLIGATION FOR WHICH TAKEN. - 28-3-309. EFFECT OF INSTRUMENT ON OBLIGATION FOR WHICH TAKEN. (1)...
Section 28-3-310 - ACCORD AND SATISFACTION BY USE OF INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-310. ACCORD AND SATISFACTION BY USE OF INSTRUMENT. (1) If...
Section 28-3-311 - LOST, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN CASHIER’S CHECK, TELLER’S CHECK OR CERTIFIED CHECK. - 28-3-311. LOST, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN CASHIER’S CHECK, TELLER’S CHECK OR...
Part 4 - LIABILITY OF PARTIES
Section 28-3-401 - SIGNATURE. - 28-3-401. SIGNATURE. (1) A person is not liable on an...
Section 28-3-402 - SIGNATURE BY REPRESENTATIVE. - 28-3-402. SIGNATURE BY REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If a person acting, or...
Section 28-3-403 - UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURE. - 28-3-403. UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURE. (1) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter...
Section 28-3-404 - IMPOSTORS — FICTITIOUS PAYEES. - 28-3-404. IMPOSTORS — FICTITIOUS PAYEES. (1) If an impostor, by...
Section 28-3-405 - EMPLOYER’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FRAUDULENT INDORSEMENT BY EMPLOYEE. - 28-3-405. EMPLOYER’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FRAUDULENT INDORSEMENT BY EMPLOYEE. (1) In...
Section 28-3-406 - NEGLIGENCE CONTRIBUTING TO FORGED SIGNATURE OR ALTERATION OF INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-406. NEGLIGENCE CONTRIBUTING TO FORGED SIGNATURE OR ALTERATION OF INSTRUMENT....
Section 28-3-407 - ALTERATION. - 28-3-407. ALTERATION. (1) "Alteration" means (i) an unauthorized change in...
Section 28-3-408 - DRAWEE NOT LIABLE ON UNACCEPTED DRAFT. - 28-3-408. DRAWEE NOT LIABLE ON UNACCEPTED DRAFT. A check or...
Section 28-3-409 - ACCEPTANCE OF DRAFT — CERTIFIED CHECK. - 28-3-409. ACCEPTANCE OF DRAFT — CERTIFIED CHECK. (1) "Acceptance" means...
Section 28-3-410 - ACCEPTANCE VARYING DRAFT. - 28-3-410. ACCEPTANCE VARYING DRAFT. (1) If the terms of a...
Section 28-3-411 - REFUSAL TO PAY CASHIER’S CHECKS, TELLER’S CHECKS, AND CERTIFIED CHECKS. - 28-3-411. REFUSAL TO PAY CASHIER’S CHECKS, TELLER’S CHECKS, AND CERTIFIED...
Section 28-3-412 - OBLIGATION OF ISSUER OF NOTE OR CASHIER’S CHECK. - 28-3-412. OBLIGATION OF ISSUER OF NOTE OR CASHIER’S CHECK. The...
Section 28-3-413 - OBLIGATION OF ACCEPTOR. - 28-3-413. OBLIGATION OF ACCEPTOR. (1) The acceptor of a draft...
Section 28-3-414 - OBLIGATION OF DRAWER. - 28-3-414. OBLIGATION OF DRAWER. (1) This section does not apply...
Section 28-3-415 - OBLIGATION OF INDORSER. - 28-3-415. OBLIGATION OF INDORSER. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3)...
Section 28-3-416 - TRANSFER WARRANTIES. - 28-3-416. TRANSFER WARRANTIES. (1) A person who transfers an instrument...
Section 28-3-417 - PRESENTMENT WARRANTIES. - 28-3-417. PRESENTMENT WARRANTIES. (1) If an unaccepted draft is presented...
Section 28-3-418 - PAYMENT OR ACCEPTANCE BY MISTAKE. - 28-3-418. PAYMENT OR ACCEPTANCE BY MISTAKE. (1) Except as provided...
Section 28-3-419 - INSTRUMENTS SIGNED FOR ACCOMMODATION. - 28-3-419. INSTRUMENTS SIGNED FOR ACCOMMODATION. (1) If an instrument is...
Section 28-3-420 - CONVERSION OF INSTRUMENT. - 28-3-420. CONVERSION OF INSTRUMENT. (1) The law applicable to conversion...
Part 5 - PRESENTMENT, NOTICE OF DISHONOR AND PROTEST
Section 28-3-501 - PRESENTMENT. - 28-3-501. PRESENTMENT. (1) "Presentment" means a demand made by or...
Section 28-3-502 - DISHONOR. - 28-3-502. DISHONOR. (1) Dishonor of a note is governed by...
Section 28-3-503 - NOTICE OF DISHONOR. - 28-3-503. NOTICE OF DISHONOR. (1) The obligation of an indorser...
Section 28-3-504 - EXCUSED PRESENTMENT AND NOTICE OF DISHONOR. - 28-3-504. EXCUSED PRESENTMENT AND NOTICE OF DISHONOR. (1) Presentment for...
Section 28-3-505 - EVIDENCE OF DISHONOR. - 28-3-505. EVIDENCE OF DISHONOR. (1) The following are admissible as...
Part 6 - DISCHARGE AND PAYMENT
Section 28-3-601 - DISCHARGE AND EFFECT OF DISCHARGE. - 28-3-601. DISCHARGE AND EFFECT OF DISCHARGE. (1) The obligation of...
Section 28-3-602 - PAYMENT. - 28-3-602. PAYMENT. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section,...
Section 28-3-603 - TENDER OF PAYMENT. - 28-3-603. TENDER OF PAYMENT. (1) If tender of payment of...
Section 28-3-604 - DISCHARGE BY CANCELLATION OR RENUNCIATION. - 28-3-604. DISCHARGE BY CANCELLATION OR RENUNCIATION. (1) A person entitled...
Section 28-3-605 - DISCHARGE OF INDORSERS AND ACCOMMODATION PARTIES. - 28-3-605. DISCHARGE OF INDORSERS AND ACCOMMODATION PARTIES. (1) In this...