[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR1.52]

[Page 111]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart A--General Rules of Practice and Procedure
 
Sec.  1.52  Subscription and verification.

    The original of all petitions, motions, pleadings, briefs, and other 
documents filed by any party represented by counsel shall be signed by 
at least one attorney of record in his individual name, whose address 
shall be stated. A party who is not represented by an attorney shall 
sign and verify the document and state his address. Either the original 
document, the electronic reproduction of such original document 
containing the facsimile signature of the attorney or represented party, 
or, in the case of matters in the Wireless Radio Services, an electronic 
filing via ULS is acceptable for filing. If a facsimile or electronic 
reproduction of such original document is filed, the signatory shall 
retain the original until the Commission's decision is final and no 
longer subject to judicial review. If pursuant to Sec.  1.429(h) a 
document is filed electronically, a signature will be considered any 
symbol executed or adopted by the party with the intent that such symbol 
be a signature, including symbols formed by computer-generated 
electronic impulses. Except when otherwise specifically provided by rule 
or statute, documents signed by the attorney for a party need not be 
verified or accompanied by affidavit. The signature or electronic 
reproduction thereof by an attorney constitutes a certificate by him 
that he has read the document; that to the best of his knowledge, 
information, and belief there is good ground to support it; and that it 
is not interposed for delay. If the original of a document is not signed 
or is signed with intent to defeat the purpose of this section, or an 
electronic reproduction does not contain a facsimile signature, it may 
be stricken as sham and false, and the matter may proceed as though the 
document had not been filed. An attorney may be subjected to appropriate 
disciplinary action, pursuant to Sec.  1.24, for a willful violation of 
this section or if scandalous or indecent matter is inserted.

[63 FR 24125, May 1, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 68920, Dec. 14, 1998]