[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR1.52]

[Page 117-118]
 
                       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

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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]