49 CFR § 1104.4 - Attestation and verification.

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title: "49 CFR § 1104.4 - Attestation and verification."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1104.4"
section_name: "Attestation and verification."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
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subchapter_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE"
part_number: "1104"
part_name: "FILING WITH THE BOARD-COPIES-VERIFICATION-SERVICE-PLEADINGS, GENERALLY"
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authority: "5.U.S.C. 553 and 559; 18 U.S.C. 1621; and 49 U.S.C. 1321."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 49554, Nov. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1104.4 Attestation and verification.

(a) *Signature of attorney or practitioner.* If a party is represented by a practitioner or an attorney, the original of each paper filed should be signed in ink by the practitioner or attorney, whose address should be stated. The signature of a practitioner or attorney constitutes a certification that the representative:

(1) Has read the pleading, document or paper;

(2) Is authorized to file it;

(3) Believes that there is good ground for the document;

(4) Has not interposed the document for delay;

A pleading, document or paper thus signed need not be verified or accompanied by affidavit unless required elsewhere in these rules.

(b) *Signature by one not authorized to represent others before the Board.* The original of each document not signed by a practitioner or attorney must be:

(1) Signed in ink;

(2) Accompanied by the signer's address; and

(3) Verified, if it contains allegations of fact, under oath by the person, in whose behalf it is filed, or by a duly authorized officer of the corporation in whose behalf it is filed. If the pleading is a complaint, at least one complainant must sign and verify the pleading.

[47 FR 49554, Nov. 1, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 52711, Oct. 8, 1996]