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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="3-301" title_number="3" title_name="Negotiable Instruments" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Enforcement of Instruments">
  <text>“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 § 3-309 or § 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.</text>
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