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Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 3.403

UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 1–12 (616 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Texas Life, Accident, Health & Hospital Service Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Lorena State Bank (1995)

Most recently applied in Texas Life, Accident, Health & Hospital Service Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Lorena State Bank (November 1995)

Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 1, eff

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

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.