Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.415 · Subchapter D. LIABILITY OF PARTIES
OBLIGATION OF INDORSER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) and to Section 3.419(d), if an instrument is dishonored, an indorser is obliged to pay the amount due on the instrument (i) according to the terms of the instrument at the time it was indorsed, or (ii) if the indorser indorsed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in Sections 3.115 and 3.407. The obligation of the indorser is owed to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to a subsequent indorser who paid the instrument under this section.
(b) If an indorsement states that it is made "without recourse" or otherwise disclaims liability of the indorser, the indorser is not liable under Subsection (a) to pay the instrument.
(c) If notice of dishonor of an instrument is required by Section 3.503 and notice of dishonor complying with that section is not given to an indorser, the liability of the indorser under Subsection (a) is discharged.
(d) If a draft is accepted by a bank after an indorsement is made, the liability of the indorser under Subsection (a) is discharged.
(e) If an indorser of a check is liable under Subsection (a) and the check is not presented for payment, or given to a depositary bank for collection, within 30 days after the day the indorsement was made, the liability of the indorser under Subsection (a) is discharged.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.115INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT.Printed as Sections 3.115 and 3.407
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.407ALTERATION.Printed as Sections 3.115 and 3.407
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.419INSTRUMENTS SIGNED FOR ACCOMMODATION.Printed as Section 3.419(d)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.503NOTICE OF DISHONOR.Printed as Section 3.503
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.415. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.412OBLIGATION OF ISSUER OF NOTE OR CASHIER'S CHECK.Printed as Section 3.415
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.413OBLIGATION OF ACCEPTOR.Printed as Section 3.414 or 3.415
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.414OBLIGATION OF DRAWER.Printed as Section 3.415 | Sections 3.415(a)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.503NOTICE OF DISHONOR.Printed as Section 3.415(a)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 5.108ISSUER'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.Printed as Sections 3.414 and 3.415
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