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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 3. · Article 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

11-3-113. Date of instrument.

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  1. (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 subsection (c) of Code Section 11-4-401, an instrument payable on demand is not payable before the date of the instrument.#

  2. (b)

    If an instrument is undated, its date is the date of its issue or, in the case of an unissued instrument, the date it first comes into possession of a holder.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 11-3-113, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3.

Law reviews

For article discussing parol evidence in the law of commercial paper, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 53 (1978). For note, “The Law of Evidence in the Uniform Commercial Code,” see 1 Ga. L. Rev. 44 (1966).

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