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title: O.C.G.A. § 11-3-301. Person entitled to enforce instrument.
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# O.C.G.A. § 11-3-301. Person entitled to enforce instrument.

“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.

## History

Code 1981, § 11-3-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3.