N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code Law § 3-403: Signature by Authorized Representative

Section 3--403. Signature by Authorized Representative.

(1) A signature may be made by an agent or other representative, and

his authority to make it may be established as in other cases of

representation. No particular form of appointment is necessary to

establish such authority.

(2) An authorized representative who signs his own name to an

instrument

(a) is personally obligated if the instrument neither names the

person represented nor shows that the representative signed

in a representative capacity;

(b) except as otherwise established between the immediate

parties, is personally obligated if the instrument names the

person represented but does not show that the representative

signed in a representative capacity, or if the instrument

does not name the person represented but does show that the

representative signed in a representative capacity.

(3) Except as otherwise established the name of an organization

preceded or followed by the name and office of an authorized individual

is a signature made in a representative capacity.