Section 3–501. (a) ''Presentment'' means a demand made by or on behalf of a person entitled to enforce an instrument (i) to pay the instrument made to the drawee or a party obliged to pay the instrument or, in the case of a note or accepted draft payable at a bank, to the bank, or (ii) to accept a draft made to the drawee.
(b) The following rules are subject to Article 4, agreement of the parties, and clearinghouse rules and the like:
(1) Presentment may be made at the place of payment of the instrument and must be made at the place of payment if the instrument is payable at a bank in the United States; may be made by any commercially reasonable means, including an oral, written, or electronic communication; is effective when the demand for payment or acceptance is received by the person to whom presentment is made; and is effective if made to any one of two or more makers, acceptors, drawees, or other payors.
(2) Upon demand of the person to whom presentment is made, the person making presentment must (i) exhibit the instrument, (ii) give reasonable identification and, if presentment is made on behalf of another person, reasonable evidence of authority to do so, and (iii) sign a receipt on the instrument for any payment made or surrender the instrument if full payment is made.
(3) Without dishonoring the instrument, the party to whom presentment is made may (i) return the instrument for lack of a necessary indorsement, or (ii) refuse payment or acceptance for failure of the presentment to comply with the terms of the instrument, an agreement of the parties, or other applicable law or rule.
(4) The party to whom presentment is made may treat presentment as occurring on the next business day after the day of presentment if the party to whom presentment is made has established a cut-off hour not earlier than 2 p.m. for the receipt and processing of instruments presented for payment or acceptance and presentment is made after the cut-off hour.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments
Section 3-111 - Place of Payment
Section 3-102 - Subject Matter
Section 3-312 - Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Cashier's Check, Teller's Check, or Certified Check
Section 3-402 - Signature by Representative
Section 3-403 - Unauthorized Signature
Section 3-404 - Impostors; Fictitious Payees
Section 3-405 - Employer's Responsibility for Fraudulent Indorsement by Employee
Section 3-406 - Negligence Contributing to Forged Signature or Alteration of Instrument
Section 3-408 - Drawee Not Liable on Unaccepted Draft
Section 3-409 - Acceptance of Draft; Certified Check
Section 3-410 - Acceptance Varying Draft
Section 3-411 - Refusal to Pay Cashier's Checks, Teller's Checks, and Certified Checks
Section 3-412 - Obligation of Issuer of Note or Cashier's Check
Section 3-413 - Obligation of Acceptor
Section 3-311 - Accord and Satisfaction by Use of Instrument
Section 3-414 - Obligation of Drawer
Section 3-416 - Transfer Warranties
Section 3-418 - Payment or Acceptance by Mistake
Section 3-419 - Instruments Signed for Accommodation
Section 3-420 - Conversion of Instrument
Section 3-503 - Notice of Dishonor
Section 3-504 - Excused Presentment and Notice of Dishonor
Section 3-505 - Evidence of Dishonor
Section 3-601 - Discharge and Effect of Discharge
Section 3-603 - Tender of Payment
Section 3-604 - Discharge by Cancellation or Renunciation
Section 3-605 - Discharge of Indorsers and Accommodation Parties
Section 3-415 - Obligation of Indorser
Section 3-310 - Effect of Instrument on Obligation for Which Taken
Section 3-417 - Presentment Warranties
Section 3-308 - Proof of Signatures and Status as Holder in Due Course
Section 3-309 - Enforcement of Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Instrument
Section 3-104 - Negotiable Instrument
Section 3-105 - Issue of Instrument
Section 3-106 - Unconditional Promise or Order
Section 3-107 - Instrument Payable in Foreign Money
Section 3-108 - Payable on Demand or at Definite Time
Section 3-110 - Identification of Person to Whom Instrument Is Payable
Section 3-113 - Date of Instrument
Section 3-114 - Contradictory Terms of Instrument
Section 3-115 - Incomplete Instrument
Section 3-116 - Joint and Several Liability; Contribution
Section 3-117 - Other Agreements Affecting Instrument
Section 3-118 - Statute of Limitations
Section 3-109 - Payable to Bearer or to Order
Section 3-307 - Notice of Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Section 3-119 - Notice of Right to Defend Action
Section 3-306 - Claims to an Instrument
Section 3-305 - Defenses and Claims in Recoupment
Section 3-304 - Overdue Instrument
Section 3-302 - Holder in Due Course
Section 3-301 - Person Entitled to Enforce Instrument
Section 3-303 - Value and Consideration
Section 3-206 - Restrictive Indorsement
Section 3-205 - Special Indorsement; Blank Indorsement; Anomalous Indorsement
Section 3-203 - Transfer of Instrument; Rights Acquired by Transfer