Terms Used In South Carolina Code 36-3-412

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
The issuer of a note or cashier’s check or other draft drawn on the drawer is obliged to pay the instrument (i) according to its terms at the time it was issued or, if not issued, at the time it first came into possession of a holder, or (ii) if the issuer signed an incomplete instrument, according to its terms when completed, to the extent stated in §§ 36-3-115 and 36-3-407. The obligation is owed to a person entitled to enforce the instrument or to an indorser who paid the instrument under § 36-3-415.