{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3807","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28-3807","heading":"Negotiable instruments prohibited.","body":"(a)\nIn a consumer credit sale, no seller shall take or otherwise arrange for the consumer to sign an instrument, except a check, payable “to order” or “to bearer” as evidence of the credit obligation of the consumer.\n\n(b)\nAny holder of an instrument prohibited by subsection (a) of this section 28-3807, if he takes it with knowledge of a violation of this section, takes it subject to all claims and defenses of the consumer up to the amount owing on the transaction total at the time of the assignment.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Chapter 38. Consumer Protections.","Subchapter I. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28-3807","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b3574a4e1b3491f980ef3c2d9735284ce829b843d89de3f873ad45a021f2f41b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3806","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3808"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}