{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3-306","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:3-306","heading":"Claims to an instrument.","body":"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.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 3. Negotiable Instruments.","Part III. Enforcement of Instruments."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:3-306","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"cf4bf42bb5f736dd27e9b48826382f463390d6fbd0ef02d5742c698a1e54f2fd","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3-305","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3-307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}