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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

11 GCA § 106181: Indorsement and Signature Guaranty.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 11: Finance and Taxation
  2. Division 4 - Banks and Banking
  3. Chapter 106: Banks
  4. ARTICLE 1: BANKING PRACTICES
  5. SUBARTICLE D: RESERVES, LOANS, INVESTMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

(a) A bank may assume secondary liability as an indorser of a negotiable or non-negotiable instrument which it owns or has received for collection or that of the guarantor of the genuineness of a signature.

(b) A guaranty of the signature means only that

(1) the signature is not forged;

(2) the signer is the holder or has the authority to sign in the name of the holder; and

(3) the signer has legal capacity to sign.

(c) A guaranty of the signature does not otherwise guaranty his rightfulness of the particular transfer.

(d) A bank may disclaim all or any part of the foregoing obligation in its guaranty.

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