§ 673.4071, Fla. Stat. · Part IV. LIABILITY OF PARTIES
Alteration.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) The term “alteration” means:
(a) An unauthorized change in an instrument which change purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party; or
(b) An unauthorized addition of words or numbers or other change to an incomplete instrument which addition or change relates to the obligation of a party.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), an alteration fraudulently made discharges a party whose obligation is affected by the alteration unless that party assents or is precluded from asserting the alteration. No other alteration discharges a party, and the instrument may be enforced according to its original terms.
(3) A payor bank or drawee paying a fraudulently altered instrument or a person taking it for value, in good faith and without notice of the alteration, may enforce rights with respect to the instrument according to its original terms or, in the case of an incomplete instrument altered by unauthorized completion, according to its terms as completed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Source of truth
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Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites § 673.4071, Fla. Stat.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 673.1031, Fla. Stat.Definitions.Printed as s. 673.4071
- § 673.1151, Fla. Stat.Incomplete instrument.Printed as s. 673.4071
- § 673.4121, Fla. Stat.Obligation of issuer of note or cashier’s check.Printed as ss. 673.1151 and 673.4071
- § 673.4131, Fla. Stat.Obligation of acceptor.Printed as ss. 673.1151 and 673.4071
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