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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.401: SIGNATURE.

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  1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
  2. TITLE 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
  3. CHAPTER 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
  4. SUBCHAPTER D. LIABILITY OF PARTIES

(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.

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:56Z. Source file · JSON

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