{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-3-301","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-3-301","heading":"Person entitled to enforce instrument.","body":"\"Person entitled to enforce\" an instrument means (i) the holder of the instrument, (ii) a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder, or (iii) a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to G.S. 25-3-309 or G.S. 25-3-418(d). A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument. (1995, c. 232, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 3. Negotiable Instruments.","Part 3. Enforcement of Instruments."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-3-301.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"3f9452d1d907f5a6f815dba215b591510797d99cc654b0e37898388943ace9a9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-3-207","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-3-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}