Section 3.407 - Alteration(a) "Alteration" means:(1) an unauthorized change in an instrument that purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party; or(2) an unauthorized addition of words or numbers or other change to an incomplete instrument relating to the obligation of a party.(b) Except as provided in Subsection (c), an alteration fraudulently made discharges a party whose obligation is affected by the alteration unless that party assents or is precluded from asserting the alteration. No other alteration discharges a party, and the instrument may be enforced according to its original terms.(c) A payor bank or drawee paying a fraudulently altered instrument or a person taking it for value, in good faith and without notice of the alteration, may enforce rights with respect to the instrument:(1) according to its original terms; or(2) in the case of an incomplete instrument altered by unauthorized completion, according to its terms as completed.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 3.407
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1996.