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2025 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 34 - Liability of Parties
Section 3401 - Signature necessary for liability on instrument
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13 PA Cons Stat § 3401 (2025)
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§ 3401. Signature necessary for liability on instrument.
(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.--(Deleted by amendment).
(July 1, 2024, P.L.450, No.41, eff. 60 days)
2024 Amendment. Act 41 amended the section heading and deleted subsec. (b). See section 1 of Act 41 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to findings and declarations.
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