Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments

Section 3-312 - Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Cashier's Check, Teller's Check, or Certified Check - Section 3–312. (a) In this section: (1) ''Check'' means a...

Section 3-401 - Signature - Section 3–401. (a) A person is not liable on an...

Section 3-402 - Signature by Representative - Section 3–402. (a) If a person acting, or purporting to...

Section 3-403 - Unauthorized Signature - Section 3–403. (a) Unless otherwise provided in this Article or...

Section 3-404 - Impostors; Fictitious Payees - Section 3–404. (a) If an impostor, by use of the...

Section 3-405 - Employer's Responsibility for Fraudulent Indorsement by Employee - Section 3–405. (a) In this section: (1) ''Employee'' includes an...

Section 3-406 - Negligence Contributing to Forged Signature or Alteration of Instrument - Section 3–406. (a) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary...

Section 3-407 - Alteration - Section 3–407. (a) ''Alteration'' means (i) an unauthorized change in...

Section 3-408 - Drawee Not Liable on Unaccepted Draft - Section 3–408. A check or other draft does not of...

Section 3-409 - Acceptance of Draft; Certified Check - Section 3–409. (a) ''Acceptance'' means the drawee's signed agreement to...

Section 3-410 - Acceptance Varying Draft - Section 3–410. (a) If the terms of a drawee's acceptance...

Section 3-411 - Refusal to Pay Cashier's Checks, Teller's Checks, and Certified Checks - Section 3–411. (a) In this section, ''obligated bank'' means the...

Section 3-412 - Obligation of Issuer of Note or Cashier's Check - Section 3–412. The issuer of a note or cashier's check...

Section 3-413 - Obligation of Acceptor - Section 3–413. (a) The acceptor of a draft is obliged...

Section 3-311 - Accord and Satisfaction by Use of Instrument - Section 3–311. (a) If a person against whom a claim...

Section 3-414 - Obligation of Drawer - Section 3–414. (a) This section does not apply to cashier's...

Section 3-416 - Transfer Warranties - Section 3–416. (a) A person who transfers an instrument for...

Section 3-418 - Payment or Acceptance by Mistake - Section 3–418. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), if...

Section 3-419 - Instruments Signed for Accommodation - Section 3–419. (a) If an instrument is issued for value...

Section 3-420 - Conversion of Instrument - Section 3–420. (a) The law applicable to conversion of personal...

Section 3-501 - Presentment - Section 3–501. (a) ''Presentment'' means a demand made by or...

Section 3-502 - Dishonor - Section 3–502. (a) Dishonor of a note is governed by...

Section 3-503 - Notice of Dishonor - Section 3–503. (a) The obligation of an indorser stated in...

Section 3-504 - Excused Presentment and Notice of Dishonor - Section 3–504. (a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an...

Section 3-505 - Evidence of Dishonor - Section 3–505. (a) The following are admissible as evidence and...

Section 3-601 - Discharge and Effect of Discharge - Section 3–601. (a) The obligation of a party to pay...

Section 3-602 - Payment - Section 3–602. (a) Subject to subsection (b), an instrument is...

Section 3-603 - Tender of Payment - Section 3–603. (a) If tender of payment of an obligation...

Section 3-604 - Discharge by Cancellation or Renunciation - Section 3–604. (a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument,...

Section 3-605 - Discharge of Indorsers and Accommodation Parties - Section 3–605. (a) In this section, the term ''indorser'' includes...

Section 3-415 - Obligation of Indorser - Section 3–415. (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), (d), and...

Section 3-310 - Effect of Instrument on Obligation for Which Taken - Section 3–310. (a) Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check,...

Section 3-417 - Presentment Warranties - Section 3–417. (a) If an unaccepted draft is presented to...

Section 3-308 - Proof of Signatures and Status as Holder in Due Course - Section 3–308. (a) In an action with respect to an...

Section 3-309 - Enforcement of Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Instrument - Section 3–309. (a) A person not in possession of an...

Section 3-103 - Definitions - Section 3–103. (a) In this Article: (1) ''Acceptor'' means a...

Section 3-104 - Negotiable Instrument - Section 3–104. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and...

Section 3-105 - Issue of Instrument - Section 3–105. (a) ''Issue'' means the first delivery of an...

Section 3-106 - Unconditional Promise or Order - Section 3–106. (a) Except as provided in this section, for...

Section 3-107 - Instrument Payable in Foreign Money - Section 3–107. Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that...

Section 3-108 - Payable on Demand or at Definite Time - Section 3–108. (a) A promise or order is ''payable on...

Section 3-110 - Identification of Person to Whom Instrument Is Payable - Section 3–110. (a) The person to whom an instrument is...

Section 3-101 - Short Title - Section 3–101. This Article may be cited as Uniform Commercial...

Section 3-113 - Date of Instrument - Section 3–113. (a) An instrument may be antedated or postdated....

Section 3-114 - Contradictory Terms of Instrument - Section 3–114. If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms...

Section 3-115 - Incomplete Instrument - Section 3–115. (a) ''Incomplete instrument'' means a signed writing, whether...

Section 3-116 - Joint and Several Liability; Contribution - Section 3–116. (a) Except as otherwise provided in the instrument,...

Section 3-117 - Other Agreements Affecting Instrument - Section 3–117. Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof...

Section 3-118 - Statute of Limitations - Section 3–118. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), an...

Section 3-109 - Payable to Bearer or to Order - Section 3–109. (a) A promise or order is payable to...

Section 3-201 - Negotiation - Section 3–201. (a) ''Negotiation'' means a transfer of possession, whether...

Section 3-307 - Notice of Breach of Fiduciary Duty - Section 3–307. (a) In this section: (1) ''Fiduciary'' means an...

Section 3-119 - Notice of Right to Defend Action - Section 3–119. In an action for breach of an obligation...

Section 3-306 - Claims to an Instrument - Section 3–306. A person taking an instrument, other than a...

Section 3-305 - Defenses and Claims in Recoupment - Section 3–305. (a) Except as stated in subsection (b), the...

Section 3-304 - Overdue Instrument - Section 3–304. (a) An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue...

Section 3-302 - Holder in Due Course - Section 3–302. (a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section...

Section 3-301 - Person Entitled to Enforce Instrument - Section 3–301. ''Person entitled to enforce'' an instrument means (i)...

Section 3-303 - Value and Consideration - Section 3–303. (a) An instrument is issued or transferred for...

Section 3-207 - Reacquisition - Section 3–207. Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is...

Section 3-206 - Restrictive Indorsement - Section 3–206. (a) An indorsement limiting payment to a particular...

Section 3-205 - Special Indorsement; Blank Indorsement; Anomalous Indorsement - Section 3–205. (a) If an indorsement is made by the...

Section 3-204 - Indorsement - Section 3–204. (a) ''Indorsement'' means a signature, other than that...

Section 3-203 - Transfer of Instrument; Rights Acquired by Transfer - Section 3–203. (a) An instrument is transferred when it is...

Section 3-202 - Negotiation Subject to Rescission - Section 3–202. (a) Negotiation is effective even if obtained (i)...

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Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments

Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments