TITLE 28

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

CHAPTER 3

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE — NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

PART 4.

LIABILITY OF PARTIES

28-3-401.  Signature. (1) A person is not liable on an instrument unless (i) the person signed the instrument, or (ii) the person is represented by an agent or representative who signed the instrument and the signature is binding on the represented person under section 28-3-402.

(2)  A signature may be made (i) manually or by means of a device or machine, and (ii) by the use of any name, including a trade or assumed name, or by a word, mark or symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing.

History:

[28-3-401, added 1993, ch. 288, sec. 2, p. 1038.]