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Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 3. · Article 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS · Part 3. ENFORCEMENT OF INSTRUMENTS

11-3-301. Person entitled to enforce instrument.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. “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 Code Section 11-3-309 or subsection (d) of Code Section 11-3-418. A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument.

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, § 11-3-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3.

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Text read from t11-(v9)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V9, 2022 edition, page 378; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 ad397fccbf21.