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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-35 > Chapter-35-11 > 35-11-2SECTION 35-11-2
§ 35-11-2 Facsimile signature. – (a) Any authorized officer may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimilesignature in lieu of his or her manual signature any:
(1) Public security; provided, that at least one signaturerequired or permitted to be placed thereon, which may be the signature of anauthorized signer of a bank, trust company or other banking or financialinstitution action as trustee, authenticating agent, transfer agent, or similaragent, shall be manually subscribed; and
(2) Instrument of payment.
(b) The facsimile signature of an authorized officer has thesame legal effect as his or her manual signature.
