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§46-3-101. Short Title - §46-3-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may...
§46-3-102. Subject Matter - (a) This article applies to negotiable instruments. It does not...
§46-3–103. Definitions - (a) In this article: (1) "Acceptor" means a drawee who...
§46-3-104. Negotiable Instrument - (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), "negotiable...
§46-3-105. Issue of Instrument - (a) "Issue" means the first delivery of an instrument by...
§46-3-106. Unconditional Promise or Order - (a) Except as provided in this section, for the purposes...
§46-3-107. Instrument Payable in Foreign Money - Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the...
§46-3-108. Payable on Demand or at Definite Time - (a) A promise or order is "payable on demand" if...
§46-3-109. Payable to Bearer or to Order - (a) A promise or order is payable to bearer if...
§46-3-110. Identification of Person to Whom Instrument Is Payable - (a) The person to whom an instrument is initially payable...
§46-3-111. Place of Payment - Except as otherwise provided for items in article four, an...
§46-3-112. Interest - (a) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument (i) an instrument...
§46-3-113. Date of Instrument - (a) An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date...
§46-3-114. Contradictory Terms of Instrument - If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over...
§46-3-115. Incomplete Instrument - (a) "Incomplete instrument" means a signed writing, whether or not...
§46-3-116. Joint and Several Liability; Contribution - (a) Except as otherwise provided in the instrument, two or...
§46-3-117. Other Agreements Affecting Instrument - Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous...
§46-3-118. Statute of Limitations - (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), an action to...
§46-3-119. Notice of Right to Defend Action - In an action for breach of an obligation for which...
§46-3-201. Negotiation - §46-3-201. Negotiation. (a) "Negotiation" means a transfer of possession, whether...
§46-3-202. Negotiation Subject to Rescission - (a) Negotiation is effective even if obtained (i) from an...
§46-3-203. Transfer of Instrument; Rights Acquired by Transfer - (a) An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by...
§46-3-204. Indorsement - (a) "Indorsement" means a signature, other than that of a...
§46-3-205. Special Indorsement; Blank Indorsement; Anomalous Indorsement - (a) If an indorsement is made by the holder of...
§46-3-206. Restrictive Indorsement - (a) An indorsement limiting payment to a particular person or...
§46-3-207. Reacquisition - Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is transferred to...
§46-3-301. Person Entitled to Enforce Instrument - §46-3-301. Person entitled to enforce instrument. "Person entitled to enforce"...
§46-3-302. Holder in Due Course - (a) Subject to subsection (c) and section one hundred six-d,...
§46-3-303. Value and Consideration - (a) An instrument is issued or transferred for value if:...
§46-3-304. Overdue Instrument - (a) An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the...
§46-3-305. Defenses and Claims in Recoupment - (a) Except as stated in subsection (b), the right to...
§46-3-306. Claims to an Instrument - A person taking an instrument, other than a person having...
§46-3-307. Notice of Breach of Fiduciary Duty - (a) In this section: (1) "Fiduciary" means an agent, trustee,...
§46-3-308. Proof of Signatures and Status as Holder in Due Course - (a) In an action with respect to an instrument, the...
§46-3-309. Enforcement of Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Instrument - (a) A person not in possession of an instrument is...
§46-3-310. Effect of Instrument on Obligation for Which Taken - (a) Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check, cashier's check...
§46-3-311. Accord and Satisfaction by Use of Instrument - (a) If a person against whom a claim is asserted...
§46-3-312. Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Cashier's Check, Teller's Check or Certified Check - (a) In this section: (1) "Check" means a cashier's check,...
§46-3-401. Signature - §46-3-401. Signature. (a) A person is not liable on an...
§46-3-402. Signature by Representative - (a) If a person acting, or purporting to act, as...
§46-3-403. Unauthorized Signature - (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article or article four,...
§46-3-404. Impostors; Fictitious Payees - (a) If an impostor, by use of the mails or...
§46-3-405. Employer's Responsibility for Fraudulent Indorsement by Employee - (a) In this section: (1) "Employee" includes an independent contractor...
§46-3-406. Negligence Contributing to Forged Signature or Alteration of Instrument - (a) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially...
§46-3-407. Alteration - (a) "Alteration" means (i) an unauthorized change in an instrument...
§46-3-408. Drawee Not Liable on Unaccepted Draft - A check or other draft does not of itself operate...
§46-3-409. Acceptance of Draft; Certified Check - (a) "Acceptance" means the drawee's signed agreement to pay a...
§46-3-410. Acceptance Varying Draft - (a) If the terms of a drawee's acceptance vary from...
§46-3-411. Refusal to Pay Cashier's Checks, Teller's Checks and Certified Checks - (a) In this section, "obligated bank" means the acceptor of...
§46-3-412. Obligation of Issuer of Note or Cashier's Check - The issuer of a note or cashier's check or other...
§46-3-413. Obligation of Acceptor - (a) The acceptor of a draft is obliged to pay...
§46-3-414. Obligation of Drawer - (a) This section does not apply to cashier's checks or...
§46-3-415. Obligation of Indorser - (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e), if...
§46-3-416. Transfer Warranties - (a) A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants...
§46-3-417. Presentment Warranties - (a) If an unaccepted draft is presented to the drawee...
§46-3-418. Payment of Acceptance by Mistake - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), if the drawee...
§46-3-419. Instruments Signed for Accommodation - (a) If an instrument is issued for value given for...
§46-3-420. Conversion of Instrument - (a) The law applicable to conversion of personal property applies...
§46-3-501. Presentment - §46-3-501. Presentment. (a) "Presentment" means a demand made by or...
§46-3-502. Dishonor - (a) Dishonor of a note is governed by the following...
§46-3-503. Notice of Dishonor - (a) The obligation of an indorser stated in section 3-415(a)...
§46-3-504. Excused Presentment and Notice of Dishonor - (a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is...
§46-3-505. Evidence of Dishonor - (a) The following are admissible as evidence and create a...
§46-3-601. Discharge and Effect of Discharge - §46-3-601. Discharge and effect of discharge. (a) The obligation of...
§46-3-602. Payment - (a) Subject to subsection (b), an instrument is paid to...
§46-3-603. Tender of Payment - (a) If tender of payment of an obligation to pay...
§46-3-604. Discharged by Cancellation or Renunciation - (a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or...
§46-3-605. Discharge of Indorsers and Accommodation Parties - (a) In this section, the term "indorser" includes a drawer...