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title: O.C.G.A. § 11-2-511. Tender of payment by buyer; payment by check.
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# O.C.G.A. § 11-2-511. Tender of payment by buyer; payment by check.

(1) Unless otherwise agreed tender of payment is a condition to the seller’s duty to tender and complete any delivery.

(2) Tender of payment is sufficient when made by any means or in any manner current in the ordinary course of business unless the seller demands payment in legal tender and gives any extension of time reasonably necessary to procure it.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this title on the effect of an instrument on an obligation, payment by check is conditional and is defeated as between the parties by dishonor of the check on due presentment.

## History

Code 1933, § 109A-2-511, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 143, § 11.

## Law Reviews

For article discussing the resolution of conflicting claims to goods between an unsecured seller of goods and a creditor of a buyer claiming under an after-acquired property clause, see 28 Mercer L. Rev. 625 (1977).