GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE |
Article 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS |
Part 4. LIABILITY OF PARTIES |
Section 11-3-401. Signature
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- (a) 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 Code Section 11-3-402.
(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.
Code 1981, § 11-3-401, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3.