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S.C. Code Ann. § 36-3-410

Acceptance varying draft

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 36–36 (519 sections).

1962 Code SECTION 10.3-410; 1966 (54) 2716; 2008 Act No. 204, SECTION 2, eff July 1, 2008.

(a) If the terms of a drawee's acceptance vary from the terms of the draft as presented, the holder may refuse the acceptance and treat the draft as dishonored. In that case, the drawee may cancel the acceptance.

(b) The terms of a draft are not varied by an acceptance to pay at a particular bank or place in the United States, unless the acceptance states that the draft is to be paid only at that bank or place.

(c) If the holder assents to an acceptance varying the terms of a draft, the obligation of each drawer and indorser that does not expressly assent to the acceptance is discharged.

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