§ 6A-3-115 - Incomplete instrument.
SECTION 6A-3-115
§ 6A-3-115 Incomplete instrument. –(a) "Incomplete instrument" means a signed writing, whether or not issued bythe signer, the contents of which show at the time of signing that it isincomplete but that the signer intended it to be completed by the addition ofwords or numbers.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), if an incomplete instrument isan instrument under § 6A-3-104, it may be enforced according to its termsif it is not completed, or according to its terms as augmented by completion.If an incomplete instrument is not an instrument under § 6A-3-104, but,after completion, the requirements of § 6A-3-104 are met, the instrumentmay be enforced according to its terms as augmented by completion.
(c) If words or numbers are added to an incomplete instrumentwithout authority of the signer, there is an alteration of the incompleteinstrument under § 6A-3-407.
(d) The burden of establishing that words or numbers wereadded to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer is on theperson asserting the lack of authority.