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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72303</law_id><section_number>8.3A-401</section_number><catch_line>Signature necessary for liability on instrument</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.3A">Commercial Code &#x2014; Negotiable Instruments</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Liability of Parties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A person is not liable on an instrument unless (i) the person signed the instrument, or (ii) the person is represented by an agent or representative who signed the instrument and the signature is binding on the represented person under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Signature by representative" href="/8.3A-402/">8.3A-402</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-370; 1964, c. 219, &#xA7; 8.3-401; 1992, c. 693; 2024, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
