Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-3-414
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Obligation of Drawer
Official statutory text
OBLIGATION OF DRAWER
(a) This section does not apply to cashier's checks or other
drafts drawn on the drawer.
(b) If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is obliged
to pay the draft (i) according to its terms at the time it was
issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession
of a holder, or (ii) if the drawer signed an incomplete instrument,
according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in
Sections 3-115 and 3-407 of this title. The obligation is owed to a
person entitled to enforce the draft or to an indorser who paid the
draft under Section 3-415 of this title.
(c) If a draft is accepted by a bank, the drawer is discharged,
regardless of when or by whom acceptance was obtained.
(d) 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 indorser under
subsections (a) and (c) of Section 3-415 of this title.
(e) 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 (b) of this section to pay the
draft if the draft is not a check. A disclaimer of the liability
stated in subsection (b) of this section is not effective if the
draft is a check.
(f) If (i) a check is not presented for payment or given to a
depositary bank for collection within thirty (30) days after its
date, (ii) the drawee suspends payments after expiration of the
thirty-day period without paying the check, and (iii) 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 by assigning to the person entitled to enforce the check the
rights of the drawer against the drawee with respect to the funds.
(a) This section does not apply to cashier's checks or other
drafts drawn on the drawer.
(b) If an unaccepted draft is dishonored, the drawer is obliged
to pay the draft (i) according to its terms at the time it was
issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession
of a holder, or (ii) if the drawer signed an incomplete instrument,
according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in
Sections 3-115 and 3-407 of this title. The obligation is owed to a
person entitled to enforce the draft or to an indorser who paid the
draft under Section 3-415 of this title.
(c) If a draft is accepted by a bank, the drawer is discharged,
regardless of when or by whom acceptance was obtained.
(d) 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 indorser under
subsections (a) and (c) of Section 3-415 of this title.
(e) 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 (b) of this section to pay the
draft if the draft is not a check. A disclaimer of the liability
stated in subsection (b) of this section is not effective if the
draft is a check.
(f) If (i) a check is not presented for payment or given to a
depositary bank for collection within thirty (30) days after its
date, (ii) the drawee suspends payments after expiration of the
thirty-day period without paying the check, and (iii) 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 by assigning to the person entitled to enforce the check the
rights of the drawer against the drawee with respect to the funds.
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