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Title 4, Uniform Commercial Code

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-101 Short title
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This article may be cited as "Uniform Commercial Code -- Negotiable Instruments". Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 839, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-102 Subject matter
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(a) This article applies to negotiable instruments. It does not apply to money, to payment orders governed by article 4.5 of this title, or to securities governed by article 8 of this title. (b) If there is conflict between this article and article 4 or 9 of this title, articles …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-103 Definitions
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(a) In this article: (1) "Acceptor" means a drawee who has accepted a draft. (2) "Drawee" means a person ordered in a draft to make payment. (3) "Drawer" means a person who signs or is identified in a draft as a person ordering payment. (4) "Good faith" means honesty in fact and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-104 Negotiable instrument
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(a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, "negotiable instrument" means an unconditional promise or order to pay a fixed amount of money, with or without interest or other charges described in the promise or order, if it: (1) Is payable to bearer or to or…

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-105 Issue of instrument

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(a) "Issue" means: (1) The first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person; or (2) If agreed by the payee, the first transmission by the drawer to the payee of an image of a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-106 Unconditional promise or order

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(a) Except as provided in this section, for the purposes of section 4-3-104 (a), a promise or order is unconditional unless it states (i) an express condition to payment, (ii) that the promise or order is subject to or governed by another writing, or (iii) that rights or obligati…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-107 Instrument payable in foreign money

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Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the amount payable in foreign money may be paid in the foreign money or in an equivalent amount in dollars calculated by using the current bank-offered spot rate at the place of payment for the purchase of dollar…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-108 Payable on demand or at definite time

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(a) A promise or order is "payable on demand" if it (i) states that it is payable on demand or at sight, or otherwise indicates that it is payable at the will of the holder, or (ii) does not state any time of payment. (b) A promise or order is "payable at a definite time" if it i…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-109 Payable to bearer or to order

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(a) A promise or order is payable to bearer if it: (1) States that it is payable to bearer or to the order of bearer or otherwise indicates that the person in possession of the promise or order is entitled to payment; (2) Does not state a payee; or (3) States that it is payable t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-110 Identification of person to whom instrument is payable

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(a) The person to whom an instrument is initially payable is determined by the intent of the person, whether or not authorized, signing as, or in the name or behalf of, the issuer of the instrument. The instrument is payable to the person intended by the signer even if that perso…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-111 Place of payment

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Except as otherwise provided for items in article 4 of this title, an instrument is payable at the place of payment stated in the instrument. If no place of payment is stated, an instrument is payable at the address of the drawee or maker stated in the instrument. If no address i…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-112 Interest

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(a) Unless otherwise provided in the instrument, (i) an instrument is not payable with interest, and (ii) interest on an interest-bearing instrument is payable from the date of the instrument. (b) Interest may be stated in an instrument as a fixed or variable amount of money or i…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-113 Date of instrument

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(a) An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date stated determines the time of payment if the instrument is payable at a fixed period after date. Except as provided in section 4-4-401 (c), an instrument payable on demand is not payable before the date of the instrument. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-114 Contradictory terms of instrument

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If an instrument contains contradictory terms, type-written terms prevail over printed terms, handwritten terms prevail over both, and words prevail over numbers. Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 847, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-115 Incomplete instrument

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(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 t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-116 Joint and several liability; contribution

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in the instrument, two or more persons who have the same liability on an instrument as makers, drawers, acceptors, indorsers who indorse as joint payees, or anomalous indorsers are jointly and severally liable in the capacity in which they sign. (…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-117 Other agreements affecting instrument

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Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous or previous agreements, the obligation of a party to an instrument to pay the instrument may be modified, supplemented, or nullified by a separate agreement of the obligor and a person entitled to enforce t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-118 Statute of limitations

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, an action to enforce the obligation of a party to pay a note payable at a definite time must be commenced within six years after the due date or dates stated in the note or, if a due date is accelerated, within six years a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-119 Notice of right to defend action

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In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third person is answerable over pursuant to this article or article 4 of this title, the defendant may give the third person written notice of the litigation, and the person notified may then give similar notice to any other pe…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-201 Negotiation

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(a) "Negotiation" means a transfer of possession, whether voluntary or involuntary, of an instrument by a person other than the issuer to a person who thereby becomes its holder. (b) Except for negotiation by a remitter, if an instrument is payable to an identified person, negoti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-202 Negotiation subject to rescission

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(a) Negotiation is effective even if obtained (i) from an infant, a corporation exceeding its powers, or a person without capacity, (ii) by fraud, duress, or mistake, or (iii) in breach of duty or as part of an illegal transaction. (b) To the extent permitted by other law, negoti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-203 Transfer of instrument; rights acquired by transfer

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(a) An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by a person other than its issuer for the purpose of giving to the person receiving delivery the right to enforce the instrument. (b) Transfer of an instrument, whether or not the transfer is a negotiation, vests in the transf…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-204 Indorsement

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(a) "Indorsement" means a signature, other than that of a signer as maker, drawer, or acceptor, that alone or accompanied by other words is made on an instrument for the purpose of (i) negotiating the instrument, (ii) restricting payment of the instrument, or (iii) incurring indo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-205 Special indorsement; blank indorsement; anomalous indorsement

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(a) If an indorsement is made by the holder of an instrument, whether payable to an identified person or payable to bearer, and the indorsement identifies a person to whom it makes the instrument payable, it is a "special indorsement." When specially indorsed, an instrument becom…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-206 Restrictive indorsement

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(a) An indorsement limiting payment to a particular person or otherwise prohibiting further transfer or negotiation of the instrument is not effective to prevent further transfer or negotiation of the instrument. (b) An indorsement stating a condition to the right of the indorsee…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-207 Reacquisition

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Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is transferred to a former holder, by negotiation or otherwise. A former holder who reacquires the instrument may cancel indorsements made after the reacquirer first became a holder of the instrument. If the cancellation causes the inst…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-301 Person entitled to enforce instrument

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"Person entitled to enforce" an instrument means (i) the holder of the instrument, (ii) a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder, or (iii) a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to section …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-302 Holder in due course

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(a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section and section 4-3-106 (d) "holder in due course" means the holder of an instrument if: (1) The instrument when issued or negotiated to the holder does not bear such apparent evidence of forgery or alteration or is not otherwise so irreg…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-303 Value and consideration

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(a) An instrument is issued or transferred for value if: (1) The instrument is issued or transferred for a promise of performance, to the extent the promise has been performed; (2) The transferee acquires a security interest or other lien in the instrument other than a lien obtai…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-304 Overdue instrument

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(a) An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the earliest of the following times: (1) On the day after the day demand for payment is duly made; (2) If the instrument is a check, 90 days after its date; or (3) If the instrument is not a check, when the instrument has bee…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-305 Defenses and claims in recoupment

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(a) Except as stated in subsection (b) of this section, the right to enforce the obligation of a party to pay an instrument is subject to the following: (1) A defense of the obligor based on (i) infancy of the obligor to the extent it is a defense to a simple contract, (ii) dures…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-306 Claims to an instrument

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A person taking an instrument, other than a person having rights of a holder in due course, is subject to a claim of a property or possessory right in the instrument or its proceeds, including a claim to rescind a negotiation and to recover the instrument or its proceeds. A perso…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-307 Notice of breach of fiduciary duty

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(a) In this section: (1) "Fiduciary" means an agent, trustee, partner, corporate officer or director, or other representative owing a fiduciary duty with respect to an instrument. (2) "Represented person" means the principal, beneficiary, partnership, corporation, or other person…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-308 Proof of signatures and status as holder in due course

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(a) In an action with respect to an instrument, the authenticity of, and authority to make, each signature on the instrument is admitted unless specifically denied in the pleadings. If the validity of a signature is denied in the pleadings, the burden of establishing validity is …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-309 Enforcement of lost, destroyed, or stolen instrument

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(a) A person not in possession of an instrument is entitled to enforce the instrument if (i) the person was in possession of the instrument and entitled to enforce it when loss of possession occurred, (ii) the loss of possession was not the result of a transfer by the person or a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-310 Effect of instrument on obligation for which taken

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(a) Unless otherwise agreed, if a certified check, cashier's check, or teller's check is taken for an obligation, the obligation is discharged to the same extent discharge would result if an amount of money equal to the amount of the instrument were taken in payment of the obliga…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-311 Accord and satisfaction by use of instrument

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(a) If a person against whom a claim is asserted proves that (i) that person in good faith tendered an instrument to the claimant as full satisfaction of the claim, (ii) the amount of the claim was unliquidated or subject to a bona fide dispute, and (iii) the claimant obtained pa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-312 Lost, destroyed, or stolen cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check

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(a) In this section: (1) "Check" means a cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check. (2) "Claimant" means a person who claims the right to receive the amount of a cashier's check, teller's check, or certified check that was lost, destroyed, or stolen. (3) "Declaration of…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-401 Signature necessary for liability on instrument

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A person is not liable on an instrument unless (i) the person signed the instrument or (ii) the person is represented by an agent or representative who signed the instrument and the signature is binding on the represented person under section 4-3-402. Source: L. 94: Entire articl…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-402 Signature by representative

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(a) If a person acting, or purporting to act, as a representative signs an instrument by signing either the name of the represented person or the name of the signer, the represented person is bound by the signature to the same extent the represented person would be bound if the s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-403 Unauthorized signature

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(a) Unless otherwise provided in this article or article 4 of this title, an unauthorized signature is ineffective except as the signature of the unauthorized signer in favor of a person who in good faith pays the instrument or takes it for value. An unauthorized signature may be…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-404 Impostors; fictitious payees

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(a) If an impostor, by use of the mails or otherwise, induces the issuer of an instrument to issue the instrument to the impostor, or to a person acting in concert with the impostor, by impersonating the payee of the instrument or a person authorized to act for the payee, an indo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-405 Employer's responsibility for fraudulent indorsement by employee

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(a) In this section: (1) "Employee" includes an independent contractor and employee of an independent contractor retained by the employer. (2) "Fraudulent indorsement" means (i) in the case of an instrument payable to the employer, a forged indorsement purporting to be that of th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-406 Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument

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(a) A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care contributes to an alteration of an instrument or to the making of a forged signature on an instrument is precluded from asserting the alteration or the forgery against a person who, in good faith, pays the instrument or takes i…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-407 Alteration

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(a) "Alteration" means (i) an unauthorized change in an instrument that purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party, or (ii) an unauthorized addition of words or numbers or other change to an incomplete instrument relating to the obligation of a party. (b) Except …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-408 Drawee not liable on unaccepted draft

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A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of funds in the hands of the drawee available for its payment, and the drawee is not liable on the instrument until the drawee accepts it. Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 865, § 1, effective January 1, 1995…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-409 Acceptance of draft; certified check

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(a) "Acceptance" means the drawee's signed agreement to pay a draft as presented. It must be written on the draft and may consist of the drawee's signature alone. Acceptance may be made at any time and becomes effective when notification pursuant to instructions is given or the a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-410 Acceptance of varying draft

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(a) If the terms of a drawee's acceptance vary from the terms of the draft as presented, the holder may refuse the acceptance and treat the draft as dishonored. In that case, the drawee may cancel the acceptance. (b) The terms of a draft are not varied by an acceptance to pay at …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-411 Refusal to pay cashier's checks, teller's checks, and certified checks

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(a) In this section, "obligated bank" means the acceptor of a certified check or the issuer of a cashier's check or teller's check bought from the issuer. (b) If the obligated bank wrongfully (i) refuses to pay a cashier's check or certified check, (ii) stops payment on a teller'…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-412 Obligation of issuer of note or cashier's check

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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 in…