North Carolina § 25-3-101 - Short title.
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§ 25-3-101. Short title.
This Article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code - Negotiable Instruments. History (1899, c. 733, ss. 128, 191; Rev., ss. 2278, 2340; C.S., ss. 2976, 3110; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1995, c. 232, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Section 1 of Chapter 232 of Session Laws 1995, effective October 1, 1995, rewrote Article 3 of Chapter 25 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Historical citations and case annotations to sections in the former Article 3 have been added to corresponding sections in new Article 3 as recodified. At the end of Article 3 are tables showing comparable sections and their disposition in new Article 3. Legal Periodicals. - For case law survey on negotiable instruments, see 41 N.C.L. Rev. 496 (1963). For symposium on the Uniform Commercial Code in North Carolina, see 44 N.C.L. Rev. 525 (1966). For symposium on the North Carolina Commercial Code, see 18 Wake Forest L. Rev. 161 (1982). For survey of 1982 commercial law, see 61 N.C.L. Rev. 1018 (1983). For note, "Check Kiting: The Inadequacy of the Uniform Commercial Code," see 1986 Duke L.J. 728 (1986). For article, "The Legal Impact of the Federal Trade Commission's Holder in Due Course Notice on a Negotiable Instrument: How Clever Are the Rascals at the FTC?," see 68 N.C.L. Rev. 953 (1990). For article, "The Paper Chase: Securization, Foreclosure, and the Uncertainty of Mortgage Title," see 63 Duke L. J. 637 (2013).
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