Sec. 3.115. INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT. (a) "Incomplete instrument" means a signed writing, whether or not issued by the signer, the contents of which show at the time of signing that it is incomplete but that the signer intended it to be completed by the addition of words or numbers.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), if an incomplete instrument is an instrument under Section 3.104, it may be enforced according to its terms if it is not completed, or according to its terms as augmented by completion. If an incomplete instrument is not an instrument under Section 3.104, but, after completion, the requirements of Section 3.104 are met, the instrument may be enforced according to its terms as augmented by completion.
(c) If words or numbers are added to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer, there is an alteration of the incomplete instrument under Section 3.407.
(d) The burden of establishing that words or numbers were added to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer is on the person asserting the lack of authority.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 3 - Negotiable Instruments
Subchapter A. General Provisions and Definitions
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 3.109. Payable to Bearer or to Order
Section 3.110. Identification of Person to Whom Instrument Is Payable
Section 3.111. Place of Payment
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