Florida Statute 673.1171 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

673.1171 Other agreements affecting instrument.—Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous or previous agreements, the obligation of a party to an instrument to pay the instrument may be modified, supplemented, or nullified by a separate agreement of the obligor and a person entitled to enforce the instrument, if the instrument is issued or the obligation is incurred in reliance on the agreement or as part of the same transaction giving rise to the agreement. To the extent an obligation is modified, supplemented, or nullified by an agreement under this section, the agreement is a defense to the obligation.

History.—s. 2, ch. 92-82.

Cases Citing F.S. 673.1171

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·Joanne Liukkonen v. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, 243 So. 3d 981 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal
...at 62. A modification to a note, while “as much a part of the parties’ agreement [i.e., its terms] as the original note,” Rattigan, 199 So. 3d at 967, is not, itself, a negotiable instrument. See § 673.1041, Fla. Stat. (2016); see also § 673.1171, Fla....
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·Bank of New York Mellon v. Garcia, 254 So. 3d 565 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...28, 2018): A modification to a note, while “as much a part of the parties' agreement [i.e., its terms] as the original note,” Rattigan [v. Central Mortgage Co.], 199 So. 3d 966, 967 [(Fla. 4th DCA 2016)], is not, itself, a negotiable instrument. See § 673.1041, Fla. Stat. (2016); see also § 673.1171, Fla....
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Zaleski v. Woessner, 659 So. 2d 716 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).
Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 27 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 515, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 9248, 1995 WL 516439
673.1051(2), Fla.Stat. (1993). Similarly, section 673.1171 provides that an obligation to pay an instrument

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Cases Citing F.S. 673.1171

·Joanne Liukkonen v. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, 243 So. 3d 981 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018).

·Bank of New York Mellon v. Garcia, 254 So. 3d 565 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018).

Zaleski v. Woessner, 659 So. 2d 716 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).