Colorado § 4-3-416 Transfer warranties

Colorado Statutes

§ 4-3-416 — Transfer warranties

Colorado § 4-3-416

Title 04Uniform

Art.Negotiable Instruments

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-3-416 (2026).

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(a)A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants to the transferee and, if the transfer is by indorsement, to any subsequent transferee that:

(1)The warrantor is a person entitled to enforce the instrument;

(2)All signatures on the instrument are authentic and authorized;

(3)The instrument has not been altered;

(4)The instrument is not subject to a defense or claim in recoupment of any party which can be asserted against the warrantor;

(5)The warrantor has no knowledge of any insolvency proceeding commenced with respect to the maker or acceptor or, in the case of an unaccepted draft, the drawer; and

(6)If the instrument is a demand draft, creation of the instrument according to the terms on its face was authorized by the person identified as drawer. Not

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(a) A person who transfers an instrument for
consideration warrants to the transferee and, if the transfer is by indorsement, to
any subsequent transferee that:

(1) The warrantor is a person entitled to enforce the instrument;

(2) All signatures on the instrument are authentic and authorized;

(3) The instrument has not been altered;

(4) The instrument is not subject to a defense or claim in recoupment of any
party which can be asserted against the warrantor;

(5) The warrantor has no knowledge of any insolvency proceeding
commenced with respect to the maker or acceptor or, in the case of an unaccepted
draft, the drawer; and

(6) If the instrument is a demand draft, creation of the instrument according
to the terms on its face was authorized by the person identified as drawer. Nothing
in this section shall be construed to impair the rights of the drawer against the
drawee.

(b) A person to whom the warranties under subsection (a) of this section are
made and who took the instrument in good faith may recover from the warrantor as
damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of
the breach, but not more than the amount of the instrument plus expenses and loss
of interest incurred as a result of the breach.

(c) The warranties stated in subsection (a) of this section cannot be
disclaimed with respect to checks. Unless notice of a claim for breach of warranty
is given to the warrantor within thirty days after the claimant has reason to know of
the breach and the identity of the warrantor, the liability of the warrantor under
subsection (b) of this section is discharged to the extent of any loss caused by the
delay in giving notice of the claim.

(d) A cause of action for breach of warranty under this section accrues when
the claimant has reason to know of the breach.

(e) If the warranty in paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this section is not
given by a transferor under applicable conflict of law rules, then the warranty is not
given to that transferor when that transferor is a transferee.