BlackletterCalifornia law

Corporations Code § 17

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Current as of September 28, 2026Corp. Code, § 17Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1038.

“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.