Alabama § 7-3-604 - Discharge by Cancellation or Renunciation.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 7-3-604 — Discharge by Cancellation or Renunciation., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-3-604. Discharge by Cancellation or Renunciation.
(a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument (i) 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 (ii) 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.
(b) Cancellation or striking out of an indorsement pursuant to subsection (a) does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the indorsement.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-3-604 ("Discharge by Cancellation or Renunciation.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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