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§ 3-115. Incomplete Instrument

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 12A. Commercial Code

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 12a. Commercial Code (Refs & Annos)
Article 3. Negotiable Instruments (Refs & Annos)
Part 1. Short Title, Form and Interpretation (Refs & Annos)
12A Okl.St.Ann. § 3-115
§ 3-115. Incomplete Instrument
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) of this section, if an incomplete instrument is an instrument under Section 3-104 of this title, 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 of this title, but, after completion, the requirements of Section 3-104 of this title, 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 of this title.
(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.

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Laws 1991, c. 117, § 40, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
12A Okl. St. Ann. § 3-115, OK ST T. 12A § 3-115
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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