Uniform Commercial Code

U.C.C. - ARTICLE 3 - NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
..PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

§ 3-105. ISSUE OF INSTRUMENT.

• (a) "Issue" means the first delivery of an instrument by the maker or drawer, whether to a holder or nonholder, for the purpose of giving rights on the instrument to any person.
• (b) An unissued instrument, or an unissued incomplete instrument that is completed, is binding on the maker or drawer, but nonissuance is a defense. An instrument that is conditionally issued or is issued for a special purpose is binding on the maker or drawer, but failure of the condition or special purpose to be fulfilled is a defense.
• (c) "Issuer" applies to issued and unissued instruments and means a maker or drawer of an instrument.