Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.601 · Subchapter F. DISCHARGE AND PAYMENT
DISCHARGE AND EFFECT OF DISCHARGE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is discharged as stated in this chapter or by an act or agreement with the party that would discharge an obligation to pay money under a simple contract.
(b) Discharge of the obligation of a party is not effective against a person acquiring rights of a holder in due course of the instrument without notice of the discharge.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.3.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 e3cabccec02ffca0bc81a4497e38b8234cbd716ef6b07503eb247b43af0109e2
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.