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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-3-403

Unauthorized signature

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 25–25 (616 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 45 N.C. App. 213 - Keels v. Turner (1980)

Most recently applied in Specialty Retail Concepts, Inc. v. RSB, Inc. (In Re Specialty Retail Concepts, Inc.) (November 1989)

1899, c. 733, ss. 9, 23; Rev., ss. 2159, 2171; C.S., ss. 2990, 3003; 1949, c. 953; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1995, c. 232, s. 1.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this Article or Article 4, an unauthorized signature is ineffective except as the signature of the unauthorized signer in favor of a person who in good faith pays the instrument or takes it for value. An unauthorized signature may be ratified for all purposes of this Article.

(b) If the signature of more than one person is required to constitute the authorized signature of an organization, the signature of the organization is unauthorized if one of the required signatures is lacking.

(c) The civil or criminal liability of a person who makes an unauthorized signature is not affected by any provision of this Article which makes the unauthorized signature effective for the purposes of this Article.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.