Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 3.401 — SIGNATURE

BC § 3.401Title 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE · Ch. 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS · Art. D. LIABILITY OF PARTIES

Statute text

(a)A person is not liable on an instrument unless the person:

(1)signed the instrument; or

(2)is represented by an agent or representative who signed the instrument and the signature is binding on the represented person under Section 3.402.

(b)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.

Legislative history

Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.