{"code":"CORP","codeName":"Corporations Code","section":"17","citation":"Corp. Code, § 17","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"GENERAL PROVISIONS","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/general-provisions"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1038.","effective":null,"html":"<p>“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.</p>","text":"“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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/general-provisions-17","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}