How are E-Filings to be signed?
Documents that are filed and signed using the procedures of GR 30 as originally adopted continue to be accepted in the King County E-Filing application. New methods for signing e-filed documents authorized by GR 30 as amended: State Digital Signature: Any attorney, party, or other signer may still sign any e-filed document using a State-issued Digital Signature (RCW 19.34). See http://www.secstate.wa.gov/ea for information. Evidence of this signing method appears as a few lines of code unique to that individual and the item being signed. (Adding a brief statement that a Washington State Digital Signature was used may help avoid questions about the signature.
