Florida Statute 673.4031 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 673
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

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F.S. 673.4031

673.4031 Unauthorized signature.—

(1) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or chapter 674, 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.

(2) 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.

(3) The civil or criminal liability of a person who makes an unauthorized signature is not affected by any provision of this chapter which makes the unauthorized signature effective for the purposes of this chapter.

History.—s. 2, ch. 92-82.

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GATEWAY AMERICAN BANK v. Lucky Jet Corp.

720 So. 2d 1141, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 14300, 1998 WL 821795

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 12, 1998 | Docket: 1719008

Cited 7 times | Published

charged to the account of the depositor, see section 673.4031, Florida Statutes (1997), there are several

Arkwright Mutual Ins. Co. v. Bank of America, N.A.

212 F.3d 1224, 41 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 726, 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 11737, 2000 WL 679165

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 25, 2000 | Docket: 2038019

Published

is not a “properly payable item,” Fla. Stat. § 673.4031 (1993); see also Perini Corp. v. First

Arkwright Mutual Ins. Co. v. Bank of America, N.A.

212 F.3d 1224

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 25, 2000 | Docket: 395802

Published

is not a “properly payable item,” Fla. Stat. § 673.4031 (1993); see also Perini Corp. v. First Nat'l