Source: http://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga126/chp057.shtml
Timestamp: 2014-08-01 09:50:25
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§5203', '§ 5204', '§ 5205', '§ 5206', '§5207', '§ 5208']

FORMERLY HOUSE BILL NO. 191
Section I. Amend Part V, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, by adding thereto a new Chapter, to be known and designated as Chapter 52, which new Chapter shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 52. UNIFORM FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACT
(a) "Public Security" means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness, or other obligation for the payment of money, issued by this state or by any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities or by any of its political subdivisions.
(b) "Instrument of Payment" means a check, draft, warrant, or order for the payment, delivery, or transfer of funds.
(c) "Authorized Officer" means any official of this state or any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities or any of its political subdivisions whose signature to a public security or instrument of payment is required or permitted.
95202. Facsimile signature
Any authorized officer, after filing with the Secretary. of
State his manual signature certified by him under oath, may
execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature in lieu of his manual signature:
§5203. Use of facsimile seal
When the seal of this state or any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities or of any of its political subdivisions is required in the execution of a public security or instrument of payment, the authorized officer may cause the seal to be printed, engraved, stamped or otherwise placed in facsimile thereon. The facsimile seal has the same legal effect as the impression of the seal.
§ 5204. Violation and penalty
(b) Any facsimile seal, or any reproduction of it, of this state or any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities or of any of its political subdivisions is guilty of a felony and shall suffer such criminal sanctions and penalties as are appropriate in this state for conviction of the crime of forgery.
§ 5205. Uniformity of interpretation
§ 5206. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act.
§5207. Severability
§ 5208. Time of taking effect
This Act shall take effect upon signature by the Governor."
Approved May 6, 1971.