Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 3. · Article 3. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS · Part 4. LIABILITY OF PARTIES

11-3-401. Signature necessary for liability on instrument.

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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.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 11-3-401, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 3; Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 5-20/HB 1240, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, deleted the subsection (a) designation and deleted subsection (b), which read: “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.”

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 1-1/HB 1240, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 2024.’” Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 1-2/HB 1240, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to support, endorse, create, or implement a national digital currency.”

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