Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-3-401

Signature

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 47–47 (578 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case First Peoples Bank of Tennessee v. Hill (2010)

Most recently applied in First Peoples Bank of Tennessee v. Hill (May 2010)

Acts 1995, ch. 397, § 2; 2003, ch. 62, §§ 5, 6.

(1) A person is not liable on an instrument unless (i) the person signed the instrument, (ii) the person is represented by an agent or representative who signed the instrument and the signature is binding on the represented person under § 47-3-402, or (iii) if the instrument is a payee-initiated draft, the person is the customer on whose account the instrument is drawn and has authorized its creation according to the terms on its face.

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