Oklahoma Statutes
§ 12A-3-406 — Negligence Contributing to Forged Signature or
Oklahoma·Title 12A Uniform Commercial Code
Alteration of Instrument. NEGLIGENCE CONTRIBUTING TO FORGED SIGNATURE OR ALTERATION OF INSTRUMENT (a) 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.
(b)Under subsection (a) of this section, 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 contrib
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Legislative History
Laws 1961, p. 111, § 3-406; Laws 1991, c. 117, § 69, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
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§ 12A-1-101
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Scope of article.§ 12A-1-104
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Section captions.§ 12A-1-108
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Relationship to Electronic Signatures in Global and§ 12A-1-202
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