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§12A-3-115.
§12A-3-115.
INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT
(a) "Incomplete instrument" means a signed writing, whether or not
issued by the signer, the contents of which show at the time of
signing that it is incomplete but that the signer intended it to be
completed by the addition of words or numbers.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if an incomplete
instrument is an instrument under Section 3-104 of this title, it may
be enforced according to its terms if it is not completed, or
according to its terms as augmented by completion. If an incomplete
instrument is not an instrument under Section 3-104 of this title,
but, after completion, the requirements of Section 3-104 of this
title, are met, the instrument may be enforced according to its terms
as augmented by completion.
(c) If words or numbers are added to an incomplete instrument without
authority of the signer, there is an alteration of the incomplete
instrument under Section 3-407 of this title.
(d) The burden of establishing that words or numbers were added to an
incomplete instrument without authority of the signer is on the person
asserting the lack of authority.
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