HRS §490:3-301
Who Can Enforce a Negotiable Instrument
This section defines who has the legal right to enforce a negotiable instrument (like a check or promissory note). It lists three types of people who qualify, and says that even a non-owner or someone holding the instrument wrongfully can still be entitled to enforce it.
everyone
The statute, as written — 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 holde
r, or (iii) a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to section 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.
Sections this one refers to
§490:3-309 Enforcing a lost, destroyed, or stolen check or note
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