2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 34 - Liability of Parties
Section 3401 - Signature

LIABILITY OF PARTIES

Sec.

3401.  Signature.

3402.  Signature by representative.

3403.  Unauthorized signature.

3404.  Impostors; fictitious payees.

3405.  Employer's responsibility for fraudulent indorsement by employee.

3406.  Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument.

3407.  Alteration.

3408.  Drawee not liable on unaccepted draft.

3409.  Acceptance of draft; certified check.

3410.  Acceptance varying draft.

3411.  Refusal to pay cashier's checks, teller's checks and certified checks.

3412.  Obligation of issuer of note or cashier's check.

3413.  Obligation of acceptor.

3414.  Obligation of drawer.

3415.  Obligation of indorser.

3416.  Transfer warranties.

3417.  Presentment warranties.

3418.  Payment or acceptance by mistake.

3419.  Instruments signed for accommodation.

3420.  Conversion of instrument.

Enactment.  Chapter 34 was added July 9, 1992, P.L.507, No.97, effective in one year.

Prior Provisions.  Former Chapter 34, which related to the same subject matter, was added November 1, 1979, P.L.255, No.86, and repealed July 9, 1992, P.L.507, No.97, effective in one year.

§ 3401.  Signature.

(a)  Nonliability in absence of signature.--A person is not liable on an instrument unless:

(1)  the person signed the instrument; or

(2)  the person is represented by an agent or representative who signed the instrument and the signature is binding on the represented person under section 3402 (relating to signature by representative).

(b)  Form of signature.--A signature may be made:

(1)  manually or by means of a device or machine; and

(2)  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.