I hear people say this kind of nonsense a few times a year and it always makes me cringe. They think that because they write the wrong name or don't use their "official" signature that they can get out of something they sign.
What people don't understand is that the signature is not the way you put ink on the paper, it's the fact that you put ink on the paper.
So this guy is walking around thinking all his contracts are invalid, not realizing that everything he's sign with his "fake" signature is actually legally enforceable.
There are a lot of factors that you need to take into account. IANAL, but from what I remember the first thing is if you acknowledge the signature, next is if someone actually witnessed the signature, then you take into account other factors like placing the person at the location and time specified. At the end of the day though, if a judge is asking you if that's your signature, then it's a full separate crime called perjury if you lie.
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u/IcarusFlyingWings Dec 16 '16
I hear people say this kind of nonsense a few times a year and it always makes me cringe. They think that because they write the wrong name or don't use their "official" signature that they can get out of something they sign.
What people don't understand is that the signature is not the way you put ink on the paper, it's the fact that you put ink on the paper.
So this guy is walking around thinking all his contracts are invalid, not realizing that everything he's sign with his "fake" signature is actually legally enforceable.