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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 673
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

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F.S. 673.1151

673.1151 Incomplete instrument.—

(1) The term “incomplete instrument” means a signed writing, whether or not issued by the signer, the contents of which show at the time of signing that it is incomplete but that the signer intended it to be completed by the addition of words or numbers.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if an incomplete instrument is an instrument under s. 673.1041, it may be enforced according to its terms if it is not completed, or according to its terms as augmented by completion. If an incomplete instrument is not an instrument under s. 673.1041, but, after completion, the requirements of s. 673.1041 are met, the instrument may be enforced according to its terms as augmented by completion.

(3) If words or numbers are added to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer, there is an alteration of the incomplete instrument under s. 673.4071.

(4) The burden of establishing that words or numbers were added to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer is on the person asserting the lack of authority.

History.—s. 2, ch. 92-82.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 673.1151

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 673.1151.

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Cases Citing Statute 673.1151

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Barclays Bank, P.L.C. v. Conkey

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-06-27

Citation: 695 So. 2d 931, 35 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 946, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 7245, 1997 WL 355187

Snippet: enforceable pursuant to the requirements of section 673.1151, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1992). Accordingly, we