{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"18","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 18","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"GENERAL PROVISIONS","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/general-provisions"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.","effective":null,"html":"<p>“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.</p>","text":"“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/general-provisions-18","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}