PART 3.  ENFORCEMENT OF INSTRUMENTS

 

     §490:3-301  Person entitled to enforce instrument.  “Person entitled to enforce” an instrument means (i) the holder of the instrument, (ii) a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder, or (iii) a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to § 490:3-309 or 490:3-418(d).  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.