MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 75-3-408. 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.

SOURCES: Former Sec. 75-3-408: Codes, 1942, Sec. 41A:3-408; Laws, 1966, ch. 316, Sec. 3-408, eff March 31, 1968. Laws, 1992, ch. 420, Sec. 46, eff from and after January 1, 1993.


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