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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 11, § 3-1407

Alteration

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 2-101 to 9-1709 (548 sections).

PL 1993, c. 293, §A2 (NEW).

(1). "Alteration" means:

(a). An unauthorized change in an instrument that 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 related 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:

(a). According to its original terms; or

(b). In the case of an incomplete instrument altered by unauthorized completion, according to its terms as completed.

Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.