1. A person entitled to enforce an instrument, with or without consideration, may discharge the obligation of a party to pay the instrument (i) by an intentional voluntary act, such as surrender of the instrument to the party, destruction, mutilation, or cancellation of the instrument, cancellation or striking out of the party's signature, or the addition of words to the instrument indicating discharge, or (ii) by agreeing not to sue or otherwise renouncing rights against the party by a signed writing.
2. Cancellation or striking out of an endorsement pursuant to subsection 1 does not affect the status and rights of a party derived from the endorsement.
94 Acts, ch 1167, §76, 121, 122
Referred to in § 554.3605
Effective July 1, 1995; 94 Acts, ch 1167, §122; former section repealed effective July 1, 1995; 94 Acts, ch 1167, §121, 122; for law prior to July 1, 1995, see Code 1993; see also §554.3603
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