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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="3-304" title_number="3" title_name="Negotiable Instruments" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Enforcement of Instruments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An instrument payable on demand becomes overdue at the earliest of the following times:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>On the day after the day demand for payment is duly made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the instrument is a check, 90 days after its date; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the instrument is not a check, when the instrument has been outstanding for a period of time after its date which is unreasonably long under the circumstances of the particular case in light of the nature of the instrument and usage of the trade.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>With respect to an instrument payable at a definite time the following rules apply:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the principal is payable in installments and a due date has not been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue upon default under the instrument for nonpayment of an installment, and the instrument remains overdue until the default is cured.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the principal is not payable in installments and the due date has not been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue on the day after the due date.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a due date with respect to principal has been accelerated, the instrument becomes overdue on the day after the accelerated due date.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Unless the due date of principal has been accelerated, an instrument does not become overdue if there is default in payment of interest but no default in payment of principal.</text>
  </level>
</section>
