Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-3-115
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Incomplete Instrument
Official statutory text
INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT
(a) "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 signer intended it to be
completed by the addition of words or numbers.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if an incomplete
instrument is an instrument under Section 3-104 of this title, it
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may be enforced according to its terms if it is not completed, or
according to its terms as augmented by completion. If an incomplete
instrument is not an instrument under Section 3-104 of this title,
but, after completion, the requirements of Section 3-104 of this
title, are met, the instrument may be enforced according to its
terms as augmented by completion.
(c) 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 3-407 of this title.
(d) 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.
(a) "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 signer intended it to be
completed by the addition of words or numbers.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if an incomplete
instrument is an instrument under Section 3-104 of this title, it
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 289
may be enforced according to its terms if it is not completed, or
according to its terms as augmented by completion. If an incomplete
instrument is not an instrument under Section 3-104 of this title,
but, after completion, the requirements of Section 3-104 of this
title, are met, the instrument may be enforced according to its
terms as augmented by completion.
(c) 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 3-407 of this title.
(d) 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.
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