---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1104.4"
title: "49"
number: "1104.4"
heading: "Attestation and verification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1104.4"
---

# §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;
- (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.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 5.U.S.C. 553 and 559; 18 U.S.C. 1621; and 49 U.S.C. 1321.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 49554, Nov. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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