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La. Rev. Stat. § 10:3-101 (2026)

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CHAPTER 3.  NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

PART 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

§3-101.  Short title

This Chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code -- Negotiable Instruments.

Acts 1992, No. 1133, §3, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 948, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 2006, No. 533, §3.

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Cited in 16 cases, 1981–2017 · leading case: Driver Pipeline Co. v. Cadeville Gas Storage, LLC, 150 So. 3d 492 (La. Ct. App. 2014).
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Driver Pipeline Co. v. Cadeville Gas Storage, LLC, 150 So. 3d 492 (La. Ct. App. 2014). “R.S. 10:3-101 et seq. The UCC establishes a very specific statutory scheme that applies to negotiable instruments, such as considered in Henning.”
Felder v. Georgia Pac. Corp., 405 So. 2d 521 (La. 1981). “R.S. 10:3-101 et seq., entitled, Commercial Laws-Commercial Paper), with or without cause, to instruct the bank not to pay the draft when presented.”
ASP Enter., Inc. v. Guillory, 22 So. 3d 964 (La. Ct. App. 2009). “R.S. 10:3-101, et seq., invoked different statutory liability and, in turn, different statutory presumptions and defenses.”
Bricks Unlimited, Inc. v. Ralph L. Agee, 672 F.2d 1255 (5th Cir. 1982). “R.S. §§ 10:3-101 et seq.; Miss.Code §§ 75-3-101 et seq.”
Morris v. People's Bank & Trust Co., 580 So. 2d 1037 (La. Ct. App. 1991). “(b) A writing which is a security is governed by this Chapter, and not by R.S. 10:3-101 et seq., even though it also meets the requirements of that Chapter.”
Vidrine v. Carmouche, 422 So. 2d 1327 (La. Ct. App. 1982). “R.S. 10:3-101 et seq., the holder of an instrument payable to his order may transfer it for value without endorsing the instrument (see La.”
Succession of Davis, 496 So. 2d 549 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “1536, donations inter vivos of negotiable instruments must comply with the provisions of the Commercial Laws—Commercial Paper, LSA-R.S. 10:3-101, et seq. LSA-R.S. 10:3-201 deals only with transfers and negotiation of commercial paper.”
Chenault v. C & H Enter., Ltd., 514 So. 2d 535 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “R.S. 10:3-101 et seq. It (1) is signed by the maker, A.”
Par. Nat'l Bank of St. Tammany v. Leath, 633 So. 2d 290 (La. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Chapter 3 of Title 10, consisting of LSA-R.S. 10:3-101 through 10:3-807, was amended and reenacted by Acts 1992, No.”
API Supply Co. v. Premier Bank, 593 So. 2d 660 (La. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 3× “ow Premier as third party plaintiff to pierce the corporate veil of Atlantic Pacific to hold the Benoits personally liable for the cashier’s check issued to Barry Benoit; (3) the trial court’s failure to determine that Premier was a creditor of Atlantic Pacific and consequently…”
McKneely v. McKneely, 764 So. 2d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 2000). “R.S. 10:3-101, et sequitur. Looking to the $110,000.”
Capital One, N.A. v. Nicoll, 113 So. 3d 1158 (La. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “R.S. 10:3-101 et seq. Plaintiff argues that upon presentation of the note, plaintiff is entitled to recover the face amount of the note unless defendant has supplied proof that a lesser amount is due.”
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