{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.113","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 3.113","heading":"DATE OF INSTRUMENT.","body":"(a) An instrument may be antedated or postdated. The date stated determines the time of payment if the instrument is payable at a fixed period after date. Except as provided in Section 4.401(c), an instrument payable on demand is not payable before the date of the instrument.\n(b) If an instrument is undated, its date is the date of its issue or, in the case of an unissued instrument, the date it first comes into possession of a holder.\nAmended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.3.htm#3.113","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"4f6fad91b92e95e2c80ccb9817af58c3df0cb313bb6fa64bd92aabcff749c442","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.112","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}