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O.C.G.A. § 11-3-417: Commercial Code — O.C.G.A. § 11-3-417
What this law says, in plain English
When a draft is presented for payment or acceptance, the person obtaining payment and previous transferors warrant they are authorized to enforce it, it has not been altered, and the drawer's signature is not unauthorized. A drawee may recover damages from any warrantor for breach of these warranties.
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