Title 6A
Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 3
Negotiable Instruments
Part 3
Enforcement of Instruments
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-3-306
§ 6A-3-306. Claims to an instrument.
A person taking an instrument, other than a person having rights of a holder in due course, is subject to a claim of a property or possessory right in the instrument or its proceeds, including a claim to rescind a negotiation and to recover the instrument or its proceeds. A person having rights of a holder in due course takes free of the claim to the instrument.
History of Section.
P.L. 2000, ch. 238, § 3; P.L. 2000, ch. 421, § 3.