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Code · Washington · Title 62A — Uniform Commercial Code · Chapter 62A.3

RCW 62A.3-412

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The issuer of a note or cashier's check or other draft drawn on the drawer is obliged to pay the instrument
(i)according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder, or
(ii)if the issuer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in RCW 62A.3-115 and 62A.3-407 . The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to an indorser who paid the instrument under RCW 62A.3-415 .
[ 1993 c 229 s 52 ; 1965 ex.s. c 157 s 3-412. Cf. former RCW sections: RCW 62.01.139 through 62.01.142 ; 1955 c 35 ss 62.01.139 through 62.01.142 ; prior: 1899 c 149 ss 139 through 142; RRS ss 3529 through 3532.]
Notes:
Recovery of attorneys' fees — Effective date — 1993 c 229: See RCW 62A.11-111 and 62A.11-112 .
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