                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT (§ 8.3A-115)

a. &#8220;Incomplete instrument&#8221; 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), if an incomplete instrument is an instrument under
&#xA7; 8.3A-104, 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 &#xA7; 8.3A-104, but, after
completion, the requirements of &#xA7; 8.3A-104 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 &#xA7;
8.3A-407.

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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 6-365 through 6-367; 1964, c. 219, § 8.3-115; 1992, c.
693.