2023 Florida Statutes
< Back to Statute SearchTitle XXXIX COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 673
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
SECTION 1051Issue of instrument.
673.1051 Issue of instrument.—
(1) The term “issue” means the first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person.
(2) An unissued instrument, or an unissued incomplete instrument that is completed, is binding on the maker or drawer, but nonissuance is a defense. An instrument that is conditionally issued or is issued for a special purpose is binding on the maker or drawer, but failure of the condition or special purpose to be fulfilled is a defense.
(3) The term “issuer” applies to issued and unissued instruments and means a maker or drawer of an instrument.
History.—s. 2, ch. 92-82.