{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-47-3407","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 47-3407","heading":"Alteration","body":"A. \"Alteration\" means:\n\n1. An unauthorized change in an instrument that purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party; or\n\n2. An unauthorized addition of words or numbers or other change to an incomplete instrument relating to the obligation of a party.\n\nB. 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.\n\nC. 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:\n\n1. According to its original terms; or\n\n2. In the case of an incomplete instrument altered by unauthorized completion, according to its terms as completed.","path":["Title 47 Weights and Measures"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/47/03407.htm","current_through":"57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (effective 2027-01-01); mirror section count 24991","vintage":"2026-09-15","retrieved_at":"2026-09-26T04:29:04Z","sha256":"733ffbfac0a03f5405ece1c08e8d48fb7f8b262deeb54a44689161bc7eec869e","source_id":"us-az","stale":false,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-47-3406","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-47-3408"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}