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810 ILCS 5/3-110
(810 ILCS 5/3-110) (from Ch. 26, par. 3-110)
Sec. 3-110.
Identification of person to whom instrument is payable.
(a) The person to whom an instrument is initially payable is determined
by the intent of the person, whether or not authorized, signing as, or in
the name or behalf of, the issuer of the instrument. The instrument is
payable to the person intended by the signer even if that person is
identified in the instrument by a name or other identification that is not
that of the intended person. If more than one person signs in the name or
behalf of the issuer of an instrument and all the signers do not intend the
same person as payee, the instrument is payable to any person intended by
one or more of the signers.
(b) If the signature of the issuer of an instrument is made by automated
means, such as a checkwriting machine, the payee of the instrument is
determined by the intent of the person who supplied the name or
identification of the payee, whether or not authorized to do so.
(c) A person to whom an instrument is payable may be identified in any
way including by name, identifying number, office, or account number. For
the purpose of determining the holder of an instrument, the following rules
apply:
(1) If an instrument is payable to an account and the | | account is identified only by number, the instrument is payable to the person to whom the account is payable. If an instrument is payable to an account identified by number and by the name of a person, the instrument is payable to the named person, whether or not that person is the owner of the account identified by number.
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(2) If an instrument is payable to:
(i) a trust, an estate, or a person described as
| | trustee or representative of a trust or estate, the instrument is payable to the trustee, the representative, or a successor of either, whether or not the beneficiary or estate is also named;
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(ii) a person described as agent or similar
| | representative of a named or identified person, the instrument is payable to the represented person, the representative, or a successor of the representative;
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(iii) a fund or organization that is not a legal
| | entity, the instrument is payable to a representative of the members of the fund or organization; or
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(iv) an office or to a person described as
| | holding an office, the instrument is payable to the named person, the incumbent of the office, or a successor to the incumbent.
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(d) If an instrument is payable to 2 or more persons alternatively, it
is payable to any of them and may be negotiated, discharged, or enforced by
any or all of them in possession of the instrument. If an instrument is
payable to 2 or more persons not alternatively, it is payable to all of
them and may be negotiated, discharged, or enforced only by all of them.
If an instrument payable to 2 or more persons is ambiguous as to whether it
is payable to the persons alternatively, the instrument is payable to the
persons alternatively.
(Source: P.A. 87-582; 87-1135.)
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