Signature.

(b) A signature may be made (i) manually or by means of a device or machine, and (ii) 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. Subsec. (b): Bank can use any mark to manifest its intent to create an endorsement through a signature, and the name of a former employee falls within the category of “any name, including a trade or assumed name, or by a word, mark, or symbol”, thus stamped signature on note meets the signature requirements for negotiable instruments under section. 197 CA 129. Cited. 32 CS 178.