Corp. Code, § 17 · . GENERAL PROVISIONS

Corp. Code, § 17

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

“Signature” includes mark when the signer cannot write, such signer’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s name; but a signature by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1038.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CORP&sectionNum=17.
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Corporations Code

Corp. Code, § 17.1Printed as Section 17

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