§ 3-102 — Definitions and Index of Definitions

Section 3--102. Definitions and Index of Definitions.\n (1) In this Article unless the context otherwise requires\n * (a) "Issue" means the first delivery of an instrument to a\n holder or a remitter.\n * NB Effective until June 3, 2026\n * (a) "Issue" means:\n (i) the first delivery of an instrument to a holder or a\n remitter; or\n (ii) if agreed by the payee, the first transmission by the\n drawer to the payee of an image of an item and information\n derived from the item that enables the depositary bank to collect\n the item by transferring or presenting under federal law an\n electronic check.\n * NB Effective June 3, 2026\n (b) An "order" is a direction to pay and must be more than an\n authorization or request. It must identify the person to pay\n with reasonable certainty. It may be addressed to one or more\n such persons jointly or in the alternative but not in\n succession.\n (c) A "promise" is an undertaking to pay and must be more than an\n acknowledgment of an obligation.\n (d) "Secondary party" means a drawer or endorser.\n (e) "Instrument" means a negotiable instrument.\n (2) Other definitions applying to this Article and the sections in\nwhich they appear are:\n "Acceptance". Section 3--410.\n "Accommodation party". Section 3--415.\n "Alteration". Section 3--407.\n "Certificate of deposit". Section 3--104.\n "Certification". Section 3--411.\n "Check". Section 3--104.\n "Definite time". Section 3--109.\n "Dishonor". Section 3--507.\n "Draft". Section 3--104.\n "Holder in due course". Section 3--302.\n "Negotiation". Section 3--202.\n "Note". Section 3--104.\n "Notice of dishonor". Section 3--508.\n "On demand". Section 3--108.\n "Presentment". Section 3--504.\n "Protest". Section 3--509.\n "Restrictive Indorsement". Section 3--205.\n "Signature". Section 3--401.\n (3) The following definitions in other Articles apply to this Article:\n "Account". Section 4--104.\n "Banking Day". Section 4--104.\n "Clearing house". Section 4--104.\n "Collecting bank". Section 4--105.\n "Customer". Section 4--104.\n "Depositary Bank". Section 4--105.\n "Documentary Draft". Section 4--104.\n "Intermediary Bank". Section 4--105.\n "Item". Section 4--104.\n "Midnight deadline". Section 4--104.\n "Payor bank". Section 4--105.\n (4) In addition Article 1 contains general definitions and principles\nof construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.\n