Florida Statutes
§ 673.4061 — Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument
Florida § 673.4061
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Bluebook
Fla. Stat. § 673.4061 (2026).
Text
(1)A person whose failure to exercise ordinary care substantially contributes to an alteration of an instrument or to the making of a forged signature on an instrument is precluded from asserting the alteration or the forgery against a person who, in good faith, pays the instrument or takes it for value or for collection.
(2)Under subsection (1), if the person asserting the preclusion fails to exercise ordinary care in paying or taking the instrument and that failure substantially contributes to loss, the loss is allocated between the person precluded and the person asserting the preclusion according to the extent to which the failure of each to exercise ordinary care contributed to the loss.
(3)Under subsection (1), the burden of proving failure to exercise ordinary care is on the pe
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Legislative History
s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Nearby Sections
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§ 673.1011
Short title§ 673.1021
Subject matter§ 673.1031
Definitions§ 673.1041
Negotiable instrument§ 673.1051
Issue of instrument§ 673.1061
Unconditional promise or order§ 673.1071
Instrument payable in foreign money§ 673.1081
Payable on demand or at definite time§ 673.1091
Payable to bearer or to order§ 673.1111
Place of payment§ 673.1121
Interest§ 673.1131
Date of instrument§ 673.1141
Contradictory terms of instrument§ 673.1151
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Bluebook (online)
Florida § 673.4061, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/fl/673.4061.