N.D. Cent. Code § 9-12-04
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9-12-04. Performance directed by creditor
Official statutory text
9-12-04. Performance directed by creditor
If a creditor, or any one of two or more joint creditors, at any time directs the debtor to
perform the debtor's obligation in a particular manner, the obligation is extinguished by
performance in that manner even though the creditor does not receive the benefit of such
performance.
If a creditor, or any one of two or more joint creditors, at any time directs the debtor to
perform the debtor's obligation in a particular manner, the obligation is extinguished by
performance in that manner even though the creditor does not receive the benefit of such
performance.
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