Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 545
Section 3-305 - Rights of a Holder in Due CourseTo the extent that a holder is a holder in due course he takes the instrument free from
(1) all claims to it on the part of any person; and(2) all defenses of any party to the instrument with whom the holder has not dealt except (a) infancy, to the extent that it is a defense to a simple contract; and(b) such other incapacity, or duress, or illegality of the transaction, as renders the obligation of the party a nullity; and(c) such misrepresentation as has induced the party to sign the instrument with neither knowledge nor reasonable opportunity to obtain knowledge of its character or its essential terms; and
(d) discharge in insolvency proceedings; and(e) any other discharge of which the holder has notice when he takes the instrument.