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California Corporations Code

§ 17

CORP § 17
“Signature” includes mark when the signer cannot write, such signer’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s name; but a signature by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.

Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1038.

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