17 CFR § 12.12 - Signature.

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title: "17 CFR § 12.12 - Signature."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "12.12"
section_name: "Signature."
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# 12.12 Signature.

(a) *By whom.* All documents filed with the Commission shall be signed personally:

(1) By the person or persons on whose behalf they are tendered for filing;

(2) By a general partner, officer or director of a partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity; or

(3) By an attorney-at-law having authority with respect thereto.

The Proceedings Clerk may require appropriate evidence of the authority of a person subscribing a document on behalf of another person.

(b) *Effect.* The signature on any document of any persons acting either for themselves or as attorney or agent for another constitutes certification by them that:

(1) They have read the document subscribed and know the contents thereof;

(2) If executed in any representative capacity, it was done with full power and authority to do so;

(3) To the best of their knowledge, information, and belief, every statement contained in the document is true and not misleading; and

(4) The document is not being interposed for delay.

[49 FR 6621, Feb. 22, 1984, as amended at 86 FR 64352, Nov. 18, 2021]