A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of funds in the hands of the drawee available for its payment, and the drawee is not liable on the instrument until the drawee accepts it.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.408
DRAWEE NOT LIABLE ON UNACCEPTED DRAFT
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 1–12 (616 sections).
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.