Oregon Statutes 73.0604 – Discharge by cancellation or renunciation
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(1) A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 73.0604
- 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.
- Party: means a party to an instrument. See Oregon Statutes 73.0103
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) 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
(b) By agreeing not to sue or otherwise renouncing rights against the party by a signed writing.
(2) Cancellation or striking out of an indorsement pursuant to subsection (1) of this section does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the indorsement. [1993 c.545 § 70]