554.3414 Obligation of drawer. 1. This section does not apply to cashier’s checks or other drafts drawn on the drawer.2. If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is obliged to pay the draft according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possessionof a holder, or if the drawer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms whencompleted, to the extent stated in sections 554.3115 and 554.3407. The obligation is owedto a person entitled to enforce the draft or to an endorser who paid the draft under section554.3415. 3. If a draft is accepted by a bank, the drawer is discharged, regardless of when or by whom acceptance was obtained. 4. If a draft is accepted and the acceptor is not a bank, the obligation of the drawer to pay the draft if the draft is dishonored by the acceptor is the same as the obligation of an endorserunder section 554.3415, subsections 1 and 3. 5. If a draft states that it is drawn 'without recourse' or otherwise disclaims liability of the drawer to pay the draft, the drawer is not liable under subsection 2 to pay the draft if thedraft is not a check. ft states that it is drawn 'without recourse' or otherwise disclaims liability of the drawer to pay the draft, the drawer is not liable under subsection 2 to pay the draft if thedraft is not a check. A disclaimer of the liability stated in subsection 2 is not effective if thedraft is a check. 6. If a check is not presented for payment or given to a depositary bank for collection within thirty days after its date, the drawee suspends payments after expiration of thethirty-day period without paying the check, and because of the suspension of payments,the drawer is deprived of funds maintained with the drawee to cover payment of the check,the drawer to the extent deprived of funds may discharge its obligation to pay the check byassigning to the person entitled to enforce the check the rights of the drawer against thedrawee with respect to the funds. 94 Acts, ch 1167, §61, 121, 122; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261Referred to in §554.3413, 554.3503, 554.3605, 554.5108 Sat Dec 23 01:56:59 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 554.3414 (26, 0)
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