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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1303.60

Conversion of instrument - UCC 3-420

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 519 F. App'x 900 - Bruce Bandy v. Fifth Third Bank (2013)

Most recently applied in Jerome Pate v. Huntington National Bank (March 2014)

Effective: August 19, 1994; Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 147 - 120th General Assembly

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(A) The law applicable to conversion of personal property applies to instruments. An instrument also is converted if it is taken by transfer, other than a negotiation, from a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or if a bank makes or obtains payment with respect to the instrument for a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or receive payment. An action for conversion of an instrument may not be brought by the issuer or acceptor of the instrument or a payee or indorsee who did not receive delivery of the instrument either directly or through delivery to an agent or a co-payee.

(B) In an action under division (A) of this section, the measure of liability is presumed to be the amount payable on the instrument, but recovery may not exceed the amount of the plaintiff's interest in the instrument.

(C) A representative, other than a depositary bank, who has in good faith dealt with an instrument or its proceeds on behalf of one who was not the person entitled to enforce the instrument is not liable in conversion to that person beyond the amount of any proceeds that it has not paid out.

Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.