554.3401  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 554.3402.

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.

Section History: Recent form

  94 Acts, ch 1167, §48, 121, 122

Footnotes

  Effective July 1, 1995; 94 Acts, ch 1167, §122; former section repealed effective July 1, 1995; 94 Acts, ch 1167, §121, 122; for law prior to July 1, 1995, see Code 1993


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