§ 554.3504 — Excused presentment and notice of dishonor

Iowa § 554.3504

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 554: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

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1. Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is excused if the person
entitled to present the instrument cannot with reasonable diligence make presentment;
the maker or acceptor has repudiated an obligation to pay the instrument or is dead or in
insolvency proceedings; by the terms of the instrument presentment is not necessary to

enforce the obligation of endorsers or the drawer; the drawer or endorser whose obligation
is being enforced has waived presentment or otherwise has no reason to expect or right to
require that the instrument be paid or accepted; or the drawer instructed the drawee not to
pay or accept the draft or the drawee was not obligated to the drawer to pay the draft.
2. Notice of dishonor is excused if by the terms of the instrument notice of dishonor is
not necessary to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument, or the party whose
obligation is being enforced waived notice of dishonor. A waiver of presentment is also a
waiver of notice of dishonor.
3. Delay in giving notice of dishonor is excused if the delay was caused by circumstances
beyond the control of the person giving the notice and the person giving the notice exercised
reasonable diligence after the cause of the delay ceased to operate.