2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 36 - Commercial Code
CHAPTER 3 - COMMERCIAL CODE - NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
Section 36-3-113. Date of instrument.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 36-3-113 (2017)

(a) An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date stated determines the time of payment if the instrument is payable at a fixed period after date. Except as provided in Section 36-4-401(c), an instrument payable on demand is not payable before the date of the instrument.

(b) If an instrument is undated, its date is the date of its issue or, in the case of an unissued instrument, the date it first comes into possession of a holder.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10.3-113; 1966 (54) 2716; 2008 Act No. 204, Section 2, eff July 1, 2008.

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