403.414 Obligation of drawer.
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403.414 Obligation of drawer.
(1)This section does not apply to cashier’s checks or other drafts drawn on the drawer.
(2)If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is obliged to pay the draft according to its terms at the time that it was issued or, if not issued, at the time that it first came into possession of a holder, or if the drawer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in ss. 403.115 and 403.407 . The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the draft or to an endorser who paid the draft under s. 403.415 .
(3)If a draft is accepted by a bank, the drawer is discharged, regardless of when or by whom acceptance was obtained.
(4)If a draft is accepted and the acceptor is not a bank, the obligation of the drawer to pay the draft if the draft is dishonored by the acceptor is the same as the obligation of an endorser under s. 403.415
(1)and
(3).