Montana § 30-3-115 Incomplete Instrument

Montana Statutes

§ 30-3-115 — Incomplete Instrument

Montana § 30-3-115

Title 30TRADE AND COMMERCE

Ch. 3UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

Part 1Short Title, Form, and Interpretation

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Mont. Code Ann. § 30-3-115 (2026).

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30-3-115 . Incomplete instrument.

(1)"Incomplete instrument" 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.

(2)Subject to subsection (3), if an incomplete instrument is an instrument under 30-3-104 , 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 30-3-104 but, after completion, the requirements of 30-3-104 are met, the instrument may be enforced according to its terms as augmented by completion.

(3)If words or numbers are added to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer, there

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30-3-115 . Incomplete instrument. (1) "Incomplete instrument" 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.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), if an incomplete instrument is an instrument under 30-3-104 , 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 30-3-104 but, after completion, the requirements of 30-3-104 are met, the instrument may be enforced according to its terms as augmented by completion.
(3) If words or numbers are added to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer, there is an alteration of the incomplete instrument governed by 30-3-407 .
(4) 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.