403.401 Signature. - Wisconsin Statutes

403.401

SUBCHAPTER IV
LIABILITY OF PARTIES
403.401 Signature.

403.401(1)

(1) A person is not liable on an instrument unless the person signed the instrument, or the person is represented by an agent or representative who signed the instrument and the signature is binding on the represented person under s. 403.402.

403.401(2)

(2) A signature may be made manually or by means of a device or machine and may be made 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.

403.401 - ANNOT.

History: 1995 a. 449.