Miss. Code Ann. § 75-3-401

Signature

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 75–75 (480 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 509 So. 2d 1045 - Cochran v. Deposit Guar. Nat. Bank (1987)

Most recently applied in 509 So. 2d 1045 - Cochran v. Deposit Guar. Nat. Bank (July 1987)

Former § 75-3-401: Codes, 1942, § 41A:3-401; Laws, 1966, ch. 316, § 3-401; Laws, 1992, ch. 420, § 39, eff from and after January 1, 1993.

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 Section 75-3-402.

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.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.