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MO Rev Stat § 400.3-202 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-202 - Negotiation subject to rescission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992, 2 histories   400.3-202. Negotiation subject to rescission. — (a) Negotiation is effective even if obtained (i) from an infant, a corporation exceeding its powers, or a person without capacity, (ii) by fraud, duress, or mistake, or (iii) in breach of duty or as part of an illegal transaction.  (b) To the extent permitted by other law, negotiation may be rescinded or may be subject to other remedies, but those remedies may not be asserted against a subsequent holder in due course or a person paying the instrument in good faith and without knowledge of facts that are a basis for rescission or other remedy. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-203 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-203 - Transfer of instrument — right acquired by transfer.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992, 2 histories   400.3-203. Transfer of instrument — right acquired by transfer. — (a) An instrument is transferred when it is delivered by a person other than its issuer for the purpose of giving to the person receiving delivery the right to enforce the instrument.  (b) Transfer of an instrument, whether or not the transfer is a negotiation, vests in the transferee any right of the transferor to enforce the instrument, including any right as a holder in due course, but the transferee cannot acquire rights of a holder in due course by a transfer, directly or indirectly, from a holder in due course if the transferee engaged in fraud or illegality affecting the instrument.  (c) Unless otherwise agreed, if an instrument is transferred for value and the transferee does not become a holder because of lack of endorsement by the transferor, the transferee has a specifically enforceable right to the unqualified endorsement of the transferor, but negotiation of the instrument does not occur until the endorsement is made.  (d) If a transferor purports to transfer less than the entire instrument, negotiation of the instrument does not occur. The transferee obtains no rights under this Article and has only the rights of a partial assignee. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-204 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-204 - Endorsement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992, 2 histories   400.3-204. Endorsement. — (a) "Endorsement" means a signature, other than that of a signer as maker, drawer, or acceptor, that alone or accompanied by other words is made on an instrument for the purpose of (i) negotiating the instrument, (ii) restricting payment of the instrument, or (iii) incurring endorser's liability on the instrument, but regardless of the intent of the signer, a signature and its accompanying words is an endorsement unless the accompanying words, terms of the instrument, place of the signature, or other circumstances unambiguously indicate that the signature was made for a purpose other than endorsement. For the purpose of determining whether a signature is made on an instrument, a paper affixed to the instrument is a part of the instrument.  (b) "Endorser" means a person who makes an endorsement.  (c) For the purpose of determining whether the transferee of an instrument is a holder, an endorsement that transfers a security interest in the instrument is effective as an unqualified endorsement of the instrument.  (d) If an instrument is payable to a holder under a name that is not the name of the holder, endorsement may be made by the holder in the name stated in the instrument or in the holder's name or both, but signature in both names may be required by a person paying or taking the instrument for value or collection. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-205 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-205 - Special endorsement — blank endorsement — anomalous endorsement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992, 2 histories   400.3-205. Special endorsement — blank endorsement — anomalous endorsement. — (a) If an endorsement is made by the holder of an instrument, whether payable to an identified person or payable to bearer, and the endorsement identifies a person to whom it makes the instrument payable, it is a "special endorsement." When specially endorsed, an instrument becomes payable to the identified person and may be negotiated only by the endorsement of that person. The principles stated in Section 400.3-110 apply to special endorsements.  (b) If an endorsement is made by the holder of an instrument and it is not a special endorsement, it is a "blank" endorsement. When endorsed in blank, an instrument becomes payable to bearer and may be negotiated by transfer of possession alone until specially endorsed.  (c) The holder may convert a blank endorsement that consists only of a signature into a special endorsement by writing, above the signature of the endorser, words identifying the person to whom the instrument is made payable.  (d) "Anomalous endorsement" means an endorsement made by a person who is not the holder of the instrument. An anomalous endorsement does not affect the manner in which the endorsement may be negotiated. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-207 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-207 - Reacquisition.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992, 2 histories   *400.3-207. Reacquisition. — Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is transferred to a former holder, by negotiation or otherwise. A former holder who reacquires the instrument may cancel endorsements made after the reacquirer first became a holder of the instrument. If the cancellation causes the instrument to be payable to the reacquirer or to bearer, the reacquirer may negotiate the instrument. An endorser whose endorsement is cancelled is discharged, and the discharge is effective against any subsequent holder. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-301 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-301 - Person entitled to enforce instrument.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992, 2 histories   400.3-301. Person entitled to enforce instrument. —  "Person entitled to enforce" an instrument means (i) the holder of the instrument, (ii) a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder, or (iii) a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to Section 400.3-309 or 400.3-418(d). A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-302 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-302 - Holder in due course.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   400.3-302. Holder in due course. — (a) Subject to subsection (c) and Section 400.3-106(d), "holder in due course" means the holder of an instrument if:  (1) the instrument when issued or negotiated to the holder does not bear such apparent evidence of forgery or alteration or is not otherwise so irregular or incomplete as to call into question its authenticity; and  (2) the holder took the instrument (i) for value, (ii) in good faith, (iii) without notice that the instrument is overdue or has been dishonored or that there is an uncured default with respect to payment of another instrument issued as part of the same series, (iv) without notice that the instrument contains an unauthorized signature or has been altered, (v) without notice of any claim to the instrument described in Section 400.3-306, and (vi) without notice that any party has a defense or claim in recoupment described in Section 400.3-305(a).  (b) Notice of discharge of a party, other than discharge in an insolvency proceeding, is not notice of a defense under subsection (a), but discharge is effective against a person who became a holder in due course with notice of the discharge. Public filing or recording of a document does not of itself constitute notice of a defense, claim in recoupment, or claim to the instrument.  (c) Except to the extent a transferor or predecessor in interest has rights as a holder in due course, a person does not acquire rights of a holder in due course of an instrument taken (i) by legal process or by purchase in an execution, bankruptcy, or creditor's sale or similar proceeding, (ii) by purchase as part of a bulk transaction not in ordinary course of business of the transferor, or (iii) as the successor in interest to an estate or other organization.  (d) If, under Section 400.3-303(a)(1), the promise of performance that is the consideration for an instrument has been partially performed, the holder may assert rights as a holder in due course of the instrument only to the fraction of the amount payable under the instrument equal to the value of the partial performance divided by the value of the promised performance.  (e) If (i) the person entitled to enforce an instrument has only a security interest in the instrument and (ii) the person obliged to pay the instrument has a defense, claim in recoupment, or claim to the instrument that may be asserted against the person who granted the security interest, the person entitled to enforce the instrument may assert rights as a holder in due course only to an amount payable under the instrument which, at the time of enforcement of the instrument, does not exceed the amount of the unpaid obligation secured.  (f) To be effective, notice must be received at a time and in a manner that gives a reasonable opportunity to act on it.  (g) This section is subject to any law limiting status as a holder in due course in particular classes of transactions. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 503 § 3-302, A.L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-303 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-303 - Value and consideration.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   400.3-303. Value and consideration. — (a) An instrument is issued or transferred for value if:  (1) the instrument is issued or transferred for a promise of performance, to the extent the promise has been performed;  (2) the transferee acquires a security interest or other lien in the instrument other than a lien obtained by judicial proceeding;  (3) the instrument is issued or transferred as payment of, or as security for, an antecedent claim against any person, whether or not the claim is due;  (4) the instrument is issued or transferred in exchange for a negotiable instrument; or  (5) the instrument is issued or transferred in exchange for the incurring of an irrevocable obligation to a third party by the person taking the instrument.  (b) "Consideration" means any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. The drawer or maker of an instrument has a defense if the instrument is issued without consideration. If an instrument is issued for a promise of performance, the issuer has a defense to the extent performance of the promise is due and the promise has not been performed. If an instrument is issued for value as stated in subsection (a), the instrument is also issued for consideration. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 503 § 3-303, A.L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-304 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-304 - Overdue instrument.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   400.3-304. Overdue instrument. — (a) An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the earliest of the following times:  (1) on the day after the day demand for payment is duly made;  (2) if the instrument is a check, 90 days after its date; or  (3) if the instrument is not a check, when the instrument has been outstanding for a period of time after its date which is unreasonably long under the circumstances of the particular case in light of the nature of the instrument and usage of the trade.  (b) With respect to an instrument payable at a definite time the following rules apply:  (1) If the principal is payable in installments and a due date has not been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue upon default under the instrument for nonpayment of an installment, and the instrument remains overdue until the default is cured.  (2) If the principal is not payable in installments and the due date has not been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue on the day after the due date.  (3) If a due date with respect to principal has been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue on the day after the accelerated due date.  (c) Unless the due date of principal has been accelerated, an instrument does not become overdue if there is default in payment of interest but no default in payment of principal. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 503 § 3-304, A.L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-305 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-305 - Defenses and claims in recoupment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   400.3-305. Defenses and claims in recoupment. — (a) Except as stated in subsection (b), the right to enforce the obligation of a party to pay an instrument is subject to the following:  (1) a defense of the obligor based on (i) infancy of the obligor to the extent it is a defense to a simple contract, (ii) duress, lack of legal capacity, or illegality of the transaction which, under other law, nullifies the obligation of the obligor, (iii) fraud that induced the obligor to sign the instrument with neither knowledge nor reasonable opportunity to learn of its character or its essential terms, or (iv) discharge of the obligor in insolvency proceedings;  (2) a defense of the obligor stated in another section of this Article or a defense of the obligor that would be available if the person entitled to enforce the instrument were enforcing a right to payment under a simple contract; and  (3) a claim in recoupment of the obligor against the original payee of the instrument if the claim arose from the transaction that gave rise to the instrument; but the claim of the obligor may be asserted against a transferee of the instrument only to reduce the amount owing on the instrument at the time the action is brought.  (b) The right of a holder in due course to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument is subject to defenses of the obligor stated in subsection (a)(1), but is not subject to defenses of the obligor stated in subsection (a)(2) or claims in recoupment stated in subsection (a)(3) against a person other than the holder.  (c) Except as stated in subsection (d), in an action to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument, the obligor may not assert against the person entitled to enforce the instrument a defense, claim in recoupment, or claim to the instrument (Section 400.3-306) of another person, but the other person's claim to the instrument may be asserted by the obligor if the other person is joined in the action and personally asserts the claim against the person entitled to enforce the instrument. An obligor is not obliged to pay the instrument if the person seeking enforcement of the instrument does not have rights of a holder in due course and the obligor proves that the instrument is a lost or stolen instrument.  (d) In an action to enforce the obligation of an accommodation party to pay an instrument, the accommodation party may assert against the person entitled to enforce the instrument any defense or claim in recoupment under subsection (a) that the accommodated party could assert against the person entitled to enforce the instrument, except the defenses of discharge in insolvency proceedings, infancy, and lack of legal capacity. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 503 § 3-305, A.L. 1992 S.B. 448)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Defenses or setoffs arising from purchase of consumer goods available against holder of security interest, 408.405
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-306 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-306 - Claims to an instrument.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   400.3-306. Claims to an instrument. — A person taking an instrument, other than a person having rights of a holder in due course, is subject to a claim of a property or possessory right in the instrument or its proceeds, including a claim to rescind a negotiation and to recover the instrument or its proceeds. A person having rights of a holder in due course takes free of the claim to the instrument. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 503 § 3-306, A.L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-307 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-307 - Notice of breach of fiduciary duty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994, 2 histories   400.3-307. Notice of breach of fiduciary duty. — (a) In this section:  (1) "Fiduciary" means an agent, trustee, partner, corporate officer or director, or other representative owing a fiduciary duty with respect to an instrument.  (2) "Represented person" means the principal, beneficiary, partnership, corporation, or other person to whom the duty stated in paragraph (1) is owed.  (b) If (i) an instrument is taken from a fiduciary for payment or collection or for value, (ii) the taker has knowledge of the fiduciary status of the fiduciary, and (iii) the represented person makes a claim to the instrument or its proceeds on the basis that the transaction of the fiduciary is a breach of fiduciary duty, the following rules apply:  (1) Notice of breach of fiduciary duty by the fiduciary is notice of the claim of the represented person.  (2) In the case of an instrument payable to the represented person or the fiduciary as such, the taker has notice of the breach of fiduciary duty if the instrument is (i) taken in payment of or as security for a debt known by the taker to be the personal debt of the fiduciary, or (ii) taken in a transaction known by the taker to be for the personal benefit of the fiduciary.  (3) If an instrument is issued by the represented person or the fiduciary as such, and made payable to the fiduciary personally, the taker does not have notice of the breach of fiduciary duty unless the taker knows of the breach of fiduciary duty.  (4) If an instrument is issued by the represented person or the fiduciary as such, to the taker as payee, the taker has notice of the breach of fiduciary duty if the instrument is (i) taken in payment of or as security for a debt known by the taker to be the personal debt of the fiduciary, or (ii) taken in a transaction known by the taker to be for the personal benefit of the fiduciary. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448, A.L. 1994 S.B. 701)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-308 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-308 - Proof of signature and status as holder in due course.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   400.3-308. Proof of signature and status as holder in due course. — (a) In an action with respect to an instrument, the authenticity of, and authority to make, each signature on the instrument is admitted unless specifically denied in the pleadings. If the validity of a signature is denied in the pleadings, the burden of establishing validity is on the person claiming validity, but the signature is presumed to be authentic and authorized unless the action is to enforce the liability of the purported signer and the signer is dead or incompetent at the time of trial of the issue of validity of the signature. If an action to enforce the instrument is brought against a person as the undisclosed principal of a person who signed the instrument as a party to the instrument, the plaintiff has the burden of establishing that the defendant is liable on the instrument as a represented person under Section 400.3-402(a).  (b) If the validity of signatures is admitted or proved and there is compliance with subsection (a), a plaintiff producing the instrument is entitled to payment if the plaintiff proves entitlement to enforce the instrument under Section 400.3-301, unless the defendant proves a defense or claim in recoupment. If a defense or claim in recoupment is proved, the right to payment of the plaintiff is subject to the defense or claim, except to the extent the plaintiff proves that the plaintiff has rights of a holder in due course which are not subject to the defense or claim. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 400.3-309 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code|Section 400.3-309 - Enforcement of lost, destroyed, or stolen instrument.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   400.3-309. Enforcement of lost, destroyed, or stolen instrument. — (a) A person not in possession of an instrument is entitled to enforce the instrument if:  (i) The person seeking to enforce the instrument:  (A) Was entitled to enforce the instrument when loss of possession occurred; or  (B) Has directly or indirectly acquired ownership of the instrument from a person who was entitled to enforce the instrument when loss of possession occurred;  (ii) The loss of possession was not the result of a transfer by the person or a lawful seizure; and  (iii) The person cannot reasonably obtain possession of the instrument because the instrument was destroyed, its whereabouts cannot be determined, or it is in the wrongful possession of an unknown person or a person that cannot be found or is not amenable to service of process.  (b) A person seeking enforcement of an instrument under subsection (a) must prove the terms of the instrument and the person's right to enforce the instrument. If that proof is made, Section 400.3-308 applies to the case as if the person seeking enforcement had produced the instrument. The court may not enter judgment in favor of the person seeking enforcement unless it finds that the person required to pay the instrument is adequately protected against loss that might occur by reason of a claim by another person to enforce the instrument. Adequate protection may be provided by any reasonable means. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 448, A.L. 2021 S.B. 106)