{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-3-408","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 11-3-408","heading":"Drawee not liable on unaccepted draft.","body":"A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of funds in the hands of the drawee available for its payment, and the drawee is not liable on the instrument until the drawee accepts it.","path":["TITLE 11 Commercial Code","Article 3 Negotiable Instruments","PART 4 Liability of Parties"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.11.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"852fa40bf58c5ba3eb33e3328829dce89d8878d20708e7fcde3457266f91583a","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-3-407","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-3-409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}