{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.3-408","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 400.3-408","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 XXVI - TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=400.3-408","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"852fa40bf58c5ba3eb33e3328829dce89d8878d20708e7fcde3457266f91583a","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.3-407","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.3-409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}