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MONTANA STATUTES AND CODES
30-3-125. Issue of instrument.
30-3-125. Issue of instrument. (1) "Issue" means the first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person.
(2) An unissued instrument or an unissued incomplete instrument (30-3-115) that is completed is binding on the maker or drawer, but nonissuance is a defense. An instrument that is conditionally issued or is issued for a special purpose is binding on the maker or drawer, but failure of the condition or special purpose to be fulfilled is a defense.
(3) "Issuer" applies to issued and unissued instruments and means any person that signs an instrument as maker or drawer.
History: En. Sec. 91, Ch. 410, L. 1991.