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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85403</law_id><section_number>8.3A-412</section_number><catch_line>Obligation of issuer of note or cashier&amp;#8217;s check</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.3A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Negotiable Instruments</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Liability of Parties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The issuer of a note or cashier&#x2019;s check or other draft drawn on the drawer is obliged to pay the instrument (i) according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a holder, or (ii) if the issuer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Incomplete instrument" href="/8.3A-115/">8.3A-115</a> and <a class="law" title="Alteration" href="/8.3A-407/">8.3A-407</a>. The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to an endorser who paid the instrument under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Obligation of endorser" href="/8.3A-415/">8.3A-415</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 6-412 through 6-414; 1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.3-413; 1992, c. 693.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
