What is the signature requirement for electronic filed documents?
Every pleading, document, and instrument E-filed and/or E-served shall be deemed to have been signed by any judge, licensed attorney, court official, or person authorized to execute proofs of service. If it bears a typographical signature of such person, e.g., “/s/ Adam Attorney,” along with the typed name, address, telephone number, and State Bar of California number of a signing attorney. Such typographical signatures shall be treated as personal signatures for all purposes under the California Code of Civil Procedure. Judges may, in the alternative, use graphic signatures. All other filed and/or served documents requiring a signature under penalty of perjury must be imaged to reflect the handwritten signature of the declarant to accomplish valid filing and service. Upon request, the filing party shall provide in advance of any hearing on the matter, the original of such typographically signed or imaged documents.
