Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 3. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

Part 4. Liability of Parties

Obligation Of Maker

30-3-413. Obligation of maker. (1) A maker of a note is obliged to pay the note:

(a) according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder; or

(b) if the maker signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed as stated in 30-3-115 and 30-3-407.

(2) The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the note or to an indorser that paid the note pursuant to 30-3-414.

History: En. Sec. 3-413, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 87A-3-413; amd. Sec. 136, Ch. 410, L. 1991.