§ 408 -   Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health care insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective

§ 3-408. Drawee not liable on unaccepted draft

A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of funds in the hands of the drawee available for its payment, and the drawee is not liable on the instrument until the drawee accepts it. (Added 1993, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)