Georgia § 11-3-109 - Payable to bearer or to order.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 11-3-109 — Payable to bearer or to order., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-3-109. Payable to bearer or to order.
A promise or order is payable to bearer if it: States that it is payable to bearer or to the order of bearer or otherwise indicates that the person in possession of the promise or order is entitled to payment; Does not state a payee; or States that it is payable to or to the order of cash or otherwise indicates that it is not payable to an identified person. A promise or order that is not payable to bearer is payable to order if it is payable to (i) the order of an identified person; or (ii) an identified person or order. A promise or order that is payable to order is payable to the identified person. An instrument payable to bearer may become payable to an identified person if it is specially indorsed pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 11-3-205 . An instrument payable to an identified person may become payable to bearer if it is indorsed in blank pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 11-3-205 . (Code 1981, § 11-3-109 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3.)
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Section 11-3-109 ("Payable to bearer or to order.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. 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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