{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3-410","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:3-410","heading":"Acceptance varying draft.","body":"(a)\nIf the terms of a drawee’s acceptance vary from the terms of the draft as presented, the holder may refuse the acceptance and treat the draft as dishonored. In that case, the drawee may cancel the acceptance.\n\n(b)\nThe terms of a draft are not varied by an acceptance to pay at a particular bank or place in the United States, unless the acceptance states that the draft is to be paid only at that bank or place.\n\n(c)\nIf the holder assents to an acceptance varying the terms of a draft, the obligation of each drawer and endorser that does not expressly assent to the acceptance is discharged.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 3. Negotiable Instruments.","Part IV. Liability of Parties."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:3-410","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"705d0b8fc66d32b0df24db8aa92d88662716a91933ccb439e40e2d7f74c8b0a1","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3-409","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3-411"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}