§ 673.1051, Fla. Stat. · Part I. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Issue of instrument.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) The term “issue” means:
(a) The first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person; or
(b) If agreed to by the payee, the first transmission by the drawer to the payee of an image of an item and information derived from the item which enables the depositary bank to collect the item under federal law by transferring or presenting an electronic check.
(2) An unissued instrument, or an unissued incomplete instrument that is completed, is binding on the maker or drawer, but nonissuance is a defense. An instrument that is conditionally issued or is issued for a special purpose is binding on the maker or drawer, but failure of the condition or special purpose to be fulfilled is a defense.
(3) The term “issuer” applies to issued and unissued instruments and means a maker or drawer of an instrument.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 2, ch. 92-82; s. 50, ch. 2025-92.
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