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      Sec. 42a-3-111. Place of payment. Except as otherwise provided for items in article 4, an instrument is payable at the place of payment stated in the instrument. If no place of payment is stated, an instrument is payable at the address of the drawee or maker stated in the instrument. If no address is stated, the place of payment is the place of business of the drawee or maker. If a drawee or maker has more than one place of business, the place of payment is any place of business of the drawee or maker chosen by the person entitled to enforce the instrument. If the drawee or maker has no place of business, the place of payment is the residence of the drawee or maker.

      (1959, P.A. 133, S. 3-111; P.A. 91-304, S. 11.)

      History: P.A. 91-304 entirely replaced former provisions re when an instrument is payable to bearer with provisions re place of payment.

      See Sec. 42a-3-109(a)(1) for successor provisions to Sec. 42a-3-111(a) and (b), revised to 1991, re instruments payable to bearer or the order of bearer or to a specified person or bearer.

      See Secs. 42a-3-109(a)(3) and 42a-3-205(b) for successor provisions to Sec. 42a-3-111(c), revised to 1991, re instruments payable to cash or without a specific payee.

      Annotation to former statute (1958 Rev., S. 39-10):

      Not "payable to bearer" when drawer did not know named payee was fictitious. 126 C. 184.