Código Oficial de Georgia Anotado

Título 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Capítulo 3. · Artículo 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS · Parte 4. LIABILITY OF PARTIES

11-3-406. Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

(a)
A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially contributes to an alteration of an instrument or to the making of a forged signature on an instrument is precluded from asserting the alteration or the forgery against a person who, in good faith, pays the instrument or takes it for value or for collection.#
(b)
Under subsection (a) of this Code section, if the person asserting the preclusion fails to exercise ordinary care in paying or taking the instrument and that failure substantially contributes to loss, the loss is allocated between the person precluded and the person asserting the preclusion according to the extent to which the failure of each to exercise ordinary care contributed to the loss.#
(c)
Under subsection (a) of this Code section, the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the person asserting the preclusion. Under subsection (b) of this Code section, the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the person precluded.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

Code 1981, § 11-3-406, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t11-(v9)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volumen V9, edición 2022, páginas 426 a 427; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo ad397fccbf21.