{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-104.3407","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 104.3407","heading":"Alteration.","body":"1. “Alteration” means an unauthorized:\n(a) Change in an instrument that purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party; or\n(b) Addition of words or numbers or other change to an incomplete instrument relating to the obligation of a party.\n2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an alteration fraudulently made discharges a party whose obligation is affected by the alteration unless that party assents or is precluded from asserting the alteration. No other alteration discharges a party, and the instrument may be enforced according to its original terms.\n3. A payor bank or drawee paying a fraudulently altered instrument or a person taking it for value, in good faith, and without notice of the alteration, may enforce rights with respect to the instrument:\n(a) According to its original terms; or\n(b) In the case of an incomplete instrument altered by unauthorized completion, according to its terms as completed.","path":["TITLE 8 — COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS","CHAPTER 104 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE—ORIGINAL ARTICLES","NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS","Liability of Parties"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-104.html#NRS104Sec3407","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:31Z","sha256":"801cf7b6f447618846fda8c501bf707471b64eaafb35f09317e07bb9d584266d","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-104.3406","next":"us-nv/nrs-104.3408"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}