Ohio Code 1303.53 – Obligation of acceptor – UCC 3-413
(A) The acceptor of a draft is obliged to pay the draft in accordance with one of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1303.53
- Acceptor: means a drawee who has accepted a draft. See Ohio Code 1303.01
- Drawer: means a person who signs or is identified in a draft as a person ordering payment. See Ohio Code 1303.01
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) According to its terms at the time it was accepted, even though the acceptance states that the draft is payable “as originally drawn” or equivalent terms;
(2) If the acceptance varies the terms of the draft, according to the terms of the draft as varied;
(3) If the acceptance is of a draft that is an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent required by sections 1303.11 and 1303.50 of the Revised Code. The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the draft or to the drawer or an indorser who paid the draft pursuant to section 1303.54 or 1303.55 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the certification of a check or other acceptance of a draft states the amount certified or accepted, the obligation of the acceptor is that amount. The obligation of the acceptor is the amount of the instrument at the time it was taken by the holder in due course if all of the following apply:
(1) The certification or acceptance does not state an amount.
(2) The amount of the instrument is subsequently raised.
(3) After the amount of the instrument is subsequently raised, the instrument is negotiated to a holder in due course.