5 Ga. Jur. UCC 4:3: 4:3. Draft or Bill of Exchange As Negotiable Instrument
5 Ga. Jur. UCC 4:3: 4:3. Draft or Bill of Exchange As Negotiable Instrument
5 Ga. Jur. UCC 4:3: 4:3. Draft or Bill of Exchange As Negotiable Instrument
UCC § 4:3
I. In General
B. Particular Instruments as Negotiable Instruments
Forms
•0 Adams & Adams, Brown’s Georgia Pleading, Practice and Legal Forms Annotated §§ 11-3-104 Form 1 to 11-3-104
Form 5 (3d ed.) (Forms for drafts)
Under Article 3 Uniform Commercial Code—Negotiable Instruments, a “draft” is an instrument that is an order, 1 and, by the
general definition of a negotiable instrument, is a negotiable instrument if it is an unconditional order to pay a sum certain in
money, on demand or at a definite time.2 The term “draft” includes a check, although not all drafts are checks.3
Article 3 does not use the term “bill of exchange,” but the term is understood to be a synonym for “draft.” 4
Footnotes
1
U.C.C. § 3-104(e).
2
§ 4:1.
3
O.C.G.A. § 11-3-104(f).
For a discussion of what is included in the term “check,” see § 4:4.
4
Official Comment 4 to revised U.C.C. § 3-104.