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S.C. Code Ann. § 36-3-604

Discharge by cancellation or renunciation

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

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

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In re Washington (2017)

Most recently applied in In re Washington (March 2017)

1962 Code SECTION 10.3-604; 1966 (54) 2716; 2008 Act No. 204, SECTION 2, eff July 1, 2008.

(a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument (i) by an intentional voluntary act, such as surrender of the instrument to the party, destruction, mutilation, or cancellation of the instrument, cancellation or striking out of the party's signature, or the addition of words to the instrument indicating discharge, or (ii) by agreeing not to sue or otherwise renouncing rights against the party by a signed record.

(b) Cancellation or striking out of an indorsement pursuant to Subsection (a) does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the indorsement.

(c) In this section, "signed," with respect to a record that is not a writing, includes the attachment to or logical association with the record of an electronic symbol, sound, or process with the present intent to adopt or accept the record.

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