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Incomplete instrument - 13 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3115

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     § 3115.  Incomplete instrument.
        (a)  Definition of "incomplete instrument".--"Incomplete
     instrument" means a signed writing, whether or not issued by the
     signer, the contents of which show at the time of signing that
     it is incomplete but that the signer intended it to be completed
     by the addition of words or numbers.
        (b)  Enforcement.--Subject to subsection (c), if an
     incomplete instrument is an instrument under section 3104
     (relating to negotiable instrument), it may be enforced
     according to its terms if it is not completed or according to
     its terms as augmented by completion. If an incomplete
     instrument is not an instrument under section 3104, but, after
     completion, the requirements of section 3104 are met, the
     instrument may be enforced according to its terms as augmented
     by completion.
        (c)  Alteration of incomplete instrument.--If words or
     numbers are added to an incomplete instrument without authority
     of the signer, there is an alteration of the incomplete
     instrument under section 3407 (relating to alteration).
        (d)  Burden of establishing alteration.--The burden of
     establishing that words or numbers were added to an incomplete
     instrument without authority of the signer is on the person
     asserting the lack of authority.

        Cross References.  Section 3115 is referred to in sections
     3103, 3412, 3413, 3414, 3415, 4207 of this title.

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