2025 Session
Last amended: 2004 session
§ 336.1-206 — Presumptions
Plain-Language Summary
When the UCC creates a presumption about a fact, that fact must be accepted as true unless the other side presents evidence against it.
336.1-206 2004 c 162 art 1 s 26
336.1-206 PRESUMPTIONS.
Whenever the Uniform Commercial Code creates a “presumption” with respect to a fact, or provides that a fact is “presumed,” the trier of fact must find the existence of the fact unless and until evidence is introduced that supports a finding of its nonexistence.
History:
History: History:
2004 c 162 art 1 s 15
Practical Notes
If the UCC says something is ‘presumed,’ you have to accept it unless you can show evidence to the contrary.