---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 81.55"
title: "25"
number: "81.55"
heading: "How is the petition formatted and signed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/81.55"
---

# §81.55. How is the petition formatted and signed?

- (a) Each page of the petition must contain:
  - (1) A summary of the purpose of the petition, or proposed document, or proposed amendment language;
  - (2) Numbered lines for each individual to print their legal name, current mailing address, date, and signature, and;
  - (3) The following declaration at the bottom of each page to confirm the collector was present when each signature was collected:
- (b) Each individual must print their legal name, current mailing address, date, and sign on a numbered line.
- (c) Each collector must complete and sign the declaration on each page in front of a notary, who will sign and certify.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: : 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.