{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 3.401","heading":"SIGNATURE.","body":"(a) A person is not liable on an instrument unless the person:\n(1) signed the instrument; or\n(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.\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.\nAmended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS","SUBCHAPTER D. LIABILITY OF PARTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.3.htm#3.401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"2880564c09bd8161ab8c387b6613391d83ce1bb5da102e3a795cde7fd60d8cf6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.312","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-3.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}