TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 3. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

Part 3. Rights of a Holder

Claims To An Instrument

30-3-306. 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: En. Sec. 3-306, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-3-306; amd. Sec. 119, Ch. 410, L. 1991.