26 USC § 6064 - Signature presumed authentic

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identifier: "/us/usc/t26/s6064"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "26 USC § 6064 - Signature presumed authentic"
title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
section_number: "6064"
section_name: "Signature presumed authentic"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "INFORMATION AND RETURNS"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "Returns and Records"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SIGNING AND VERIFYING OF RETURNS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749.)"
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# § 6064. Signature presumed authentic

The fact that an individual’s name is signed to a return, statement, or other document shall be prima facie evidence for all purposes that the return, statement, or other document was actually signed by him.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749.)