Florida Statute 673.4071 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 673
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

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673.4071 Alteration.—

(1) The term “alteration” means:

(a) An unauthorized change in an instrument which change purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party; or

(b) An unauthorized addition of words or numbers or other change to an incomplete instrument which addition or change relates to the obligation of a party.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), an alteration fraudulently made discharges a party whose obligation is affected by the alteration unless that party assents or is precluded from asserting the alteration. No other alteration discharges a party, and the instrument may be enforced according to its original terms.

(3) A payor bank or drawee paying a fraudulently altered instrument or a person taking it for value, in good faith and without notice of the alteration, may enforce rights with respect to the instrument according to its original terms or, in the case of an incomplete instrument altered by unauthorized completion, according to its terms as completed.

History.—s. 2, ch. 92-82.

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U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Roseman

214 So. 3d 728, 92 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 159, 2017 WL 1013189, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3453

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 15, 2017 | Docket: 60264230

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original note’s authenticity and enforceability. Section 673.4071, Florida Statutes (2015), entitled “Alteration

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