Colorado § 4-3-102 - Subject matter.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 4-3-102 — Subject matter., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-3-102. Subject matter.
(a) This article applies to negotiable instruments. It does not apply to money, to payment orders governed by article 4.5 of this title, or to securities governed by article 8 of this title.
(b) If there is conflict between this article and article 4 or 9 of this title, articles 4 and 9 govern.
(c) Regulations of the board of governors of the federal reserve system and operating circulars of the federal reserve banks supersede any inconsistent provision of this article to the extent of the inconsistency.
Source: L. 94: Entire article R&RE, p. 839, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 4-3-103 as it existed prior to 1994.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.
Negotiable instruments law is applicable only to negotiable instruments and the rights and duties arising thereunder. Am. Nat'l Bank v. First Nat'l Bank, 130 Colo. 557, 277 P.2d 951 (1954) (decided under repealed CSA, C. 112, § 1, negotiable instruments law).
N.I.L. did not apply to negotiable instruments made and delivered before it took effect. Hickman-Lunbeck Grocery Co. v. Hager, 75 Colo. 554, 227 P. 829 (1924) (decided under repealed laws antecedent to CSA, C. 112, § 195, negotiable instruments law).
Applied in Hollemon v. Murray, 666 P.2d 1107 (Colo. App. 1982).
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