§ 41-03-66 — (3-604) Discharge by cancellation or renunciation

1. A person entitled to enforce an instrument may, with or without consideration,
discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument by an intentional voluntary act
such as surrender of the instrument to the party, destruction, mutilation, or cancellation
of the instrument, cancellation or striking out of the party's signature, or the addition of
words to the instrument indicating discharge or by agreeing not to sue or otherwise
renouncing rights against the party by a signed record. The obligation of a party to pay
a check is not discharged solely by destruction of the check in connection with a
process in which information is extracted from the check and an image of the check is
made and, subsequently, the information and image are transmitted for payment.
2. Cancellation or striking out of an endorsement under subsection 1 does not affect the
status and rights of a party derived from the endorsement.