Sec.  1.917   Who may sign applications.

   (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, applications,
   amendments, and related statements of fact required by the Commission must
   be signed as follows (either electronically or manually, see paragraph (d)
   of this section): (1) By the applicant, if the applicant is an individual;
   (2) by one of the partners if the applicant is a partnership; (3) by an
   officer, director, or duly authorized employee, if the applicant is a
   corporation; (4) by a member who is an officer, if the applicant is an
   unincorporated association; or (5) by the trustee if the applicant is an
   amateur radio service club. Applications, amendments, and related statements
   of fact filed on behalf of eligible government entities such as states and
   territories of the United States, their political subdivisions, the District
   of Columbia, and units of local government, including unincorporated
   municipalities, must be signed by a duly elected or appointed official who
   is authorized to do so under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction.

   (b) Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact required by the
   Commission may be signed by the applicant's attorney in case of the
   applicant's physical disability or absence from the United States, or by
   applicant's designated vessel master when a temporary permit is requested
   for a vessel. The attorney shall, when applicable, separately set forth the
   reason why the application is not signed by the applicant. In addition, if
   any matter is stated on the basis of the attorney's or master's belief only
   (rather than knowledge), the attorney or master shall separately set forth
   the reasons for believing that such statements are true. Only the original
   of applications, amendments, and related statements of fact need be signed.

   (c) Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact need not be
   signed under oath. Willful false statements made therein, however, are
   punishable by fine and imprisonment, 18 U.S.C. 1001, and by appropriate
   administrative sanctions, including revocation of station license pursuant
   to 312(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

   (d) “Signed,” as used in this section, means, for manually filed
   applications only, an original hand-written signature or, for electronically
   filed applications only, an electronic signature. An electronic signature
   shall consist of the name of the applicant transmitted electronically via
   ULS and entered on the application as a signature.

   [ 63 FR 68923 , Dec. 14, 1998]