---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 12.12"
title: "17"
number: "12.12"
heading: "Signature."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/12.12"
---

# §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.**
- (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.**

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2(a)(12), 12a(5), and 18.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 6621, Feb. 22, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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