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title: O.C.G.A. § 11-3-306. Claims to an instrument.
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# O.C.G.A. § 11-3-306. Claims to an instrument.

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 person having rights of a holder in due course takes free of the claim to the instrument.

## History

Code 1981, § 11-3-306, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3.