{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-1303.31","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 1303.31","heading":"Person entitled to enforce instrument - UCC 3-301.","body":"(A) \"Person entitled to enforce\" an instrument means any of the following persons:\n(1) The holder of the instrument;\n(2) A nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder;\n(3) A person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to section 1303.38 or division (D) of section 1303.58 of the Revised Code.\n(B) 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.","path":["Title 13 Commercial Transactions","Chapter 1303 Commercial Paper"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1303.31","current_through":"1994-08-19 (Senate Bill 147 - 120th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:29Z","sha256":"3a31177bd3caee1ababafa21d406d9fc592457ebcce271c597a01ed716fb83be","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-1303.27","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-1303.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}