554.3115 Incomplete instrument. 1. 'Incomplete instrument' means a signed writing, whether or not issued by the signer, the contents of which show at the time of signing that it is incomplete but that the signerintended it to be completed by the addition of words or numbers. 2. Subject to subsection 3, if an incomplete instrument is an instrument under section 554.3104, it may be enforced according to its terms if it is not completed, or according to itsterms as augmented by completion. If an incomplete instrument is not an instrument undersection 554.3104, but, after completion, the requirements of section 554.3104 are met, theinstrument may be enforced according to its terms as augmented by completion. 3. If words or numbers are added to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer, there is an alteration of the incomplete instrument under section 554.3407. 4. The burden of establishing that words or numbers were added to an incomplete instrument without authority of the signer is on the person asserting the lack of authority. 94 Acts, ch 1167, §24, 121, 122Referred to in §554.3103, 554.3412, 554.3413, 554.3414, 554.3415, 554.4207 Sat Dec 23 01:55:15 2023 Iowa Code e signer is on the person asserting the lack of authority. 94 Acts, ch 1167, §24, 121, 122Referred to in §554.3103, 554.3412, 554.3413, 554.3414, 554.3415, 554.4207 Sat Dec 23 01:55:15 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 554.3115 (24, 0)
Iowa Legal Code