{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-3-401","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 11-3-401","heading":"Signature.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 11 Commercial Code","Article 3 Negotiable Instruments","PART 4 Liability of Parties"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.11.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"e9b839961e7018857effcd9ab842f3a93f54c341b7a0eba6ec9ec0c3a15ba016","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-3-312","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-3-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}