Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 673.6021 (2025)
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673.6021 Payment.—
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an instrument is paid to the extent payment is made by or on behalf of a party obliged to pay the instrument and to a person entitled to enforce the instrument. To the extent of the payment, the obligation of the party obliged to pay the instrument is discharged even though payment is made with knowledge of a claim to the instrument under s. 673.3061 by another person.
(2) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is not discharged under subsection (1) if:
(a) A claim to the instrument under s. 673.3061 is enforceable against the party receiving payment and:
1. Payment is made with knowledge by the payor that payment is prohibited by injunction or similar process of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
2. In the case of an instrument other than a cashier’s check, teller’s check, or certified check, the party making payment accepted, from the person having a claim to the instrument, indemnity against loss resulting from refusal to pay the person entitled to enforce the instrument; or
(b) The person making payment knows that the instrument is a stolen instrument and pays a person it knows is in wrongful possession of the instrument.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Mario A. Rodriguez & Lendy Rodriguez v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. d/b/a Am.'s Servicing Co., 178 So. 3d 62 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).
Mario A. Rodriguez & Lendy Rodriguez v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. d/b/a Am.'s Servicing Co., 178 So. 3d 62 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). “Under the Florida UCC, the person or entity entitled to enforce the note (that is, receive payment on the note) must be either: (1) the holder of the note; (2) a nonholder in possession of the note who has the rights of a holder; or (3) a person or entity who is not in…”
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Mario A. Rodriguez & Lendy Rodriguez v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. d/b/a Am.'s Servicing Co., 178 So. 3d 62 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). “Under the Florida UCC, the person or entity entitled to enforce the note (that is, receive payment on the note) must be either: (1) the holder of the note; (2) a nonholder in possession of the note who has the rights of a holder; or (3) a person or entity who is not in…”
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