Georgia CommonsTitle 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 3. · Article 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS · Part 6. DISCHARGE AND PAYMENT
11-3-603. Tender of payment.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (a)
If tender of payment of an obligation to pay an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument, the effect of tender is governed by principles of law applicable to tender of payment under a simple contract.#
- (b)
If tender of payment of an obligation to pay an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument and the tender is refused, there is discharge, to the extent of the amount of the tender, of the obligation of an indorser or accommodation party having a right of recourse with respect to the obligation to which the tender relates.#
- (c)
If tender of payment of an amount due on an instrument is made to a person entitled to enforce the instrument, the obligation of the obligor to pay interest after the due date on the amount tendered is discharged. If presentment is required with respect to an instrument and the obligor is able and ready to pay on the due date at every place of payment stated in the instrument, the obligor is deemed to have made tender of payment on the due date to the person entitled to enforce the instrument.#
History
Code 1981, § 11-3-603, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3.
Law reviews
For article surveying developments in Georgia commercial law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 33 (1981).
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