{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-3-408","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 36-3-408","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 36 - COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 3 Commercial Code—Negotiable Instruments","Part 4 Liability of Parties"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t36c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:08:14Z","sha256":"852fa40bf58c5ba3eb33e3328829dce89d8878d20708e7fcde3457266f91583a","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-3-407","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-3-409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}