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S.C. Code Ann. § 36-3-403

Unauthorized signature

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 36–36 (519 sections).

1962 Code SECTION 10.3-403; 1966 (54) 2716; 2008 Act No. 204, SECTION 2, eff July 1, 2008.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or Chapter 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 chapter.

(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 chapter which makes the unauthorized signature effective for the purposes of this chapter.

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