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An Act To Clarify the Application of the Statute of Limitations under Article 3-A of the Uniform Commercial Code

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §751,  as amended by PL 1965, c. 306, §30, is further amended to read:

§ 751. Twenty years

Except as provided in Title 11, section sections 2-725 and 3-1118, subsection (1), personal actions on contracts or liabilities under seal, promissory notes signed in the presence of an attesting witness, or on the bills, notes or other evidences of debt issued by a bank shall must be commenced within 20 years after the cause of action accrues.

Sec. 2. Application. This Act applies to negotiable instruments executed on or after the effective date of this Act.

Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.


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