2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 12A. Commercial Code
§12A-3-604. Discharge by Cancellation or Renunciation.
DISCHARGE BY CANCELLATION OR RENUNCIATION
(a) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument (i) by an intentional voluntary act, such as surrender of the instrument to the party, destruction, mutilation, or cancellation of the instrument, cancellation or striking out of the party's signature, or the addition of words to the instrument indicating discharge, or (ii) by agreeing not to sue or otherwise renouncing rights against the party by a signed record.
(b) Cancellation or striking out of an indorsement pursuant to subsection (a) of this section does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the indorsement.
(c) As used in this section, “signed”, with respect to a record that is not a writing, includes the attachment to or logical association with the record of an electronic symbol, sound, or process with the present intent to adopt or accept the record.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 119, § 3-604. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 117, § 92, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Laws 2009, c. 208, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
NOTE: Laws 2008, c. 382, § 11 was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Weddington v. Henry, 202 P.3d 143, 2008 OK 102 (2009) and repealed by Laws 2009, c. 208, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
