59-1019. FACSIMILE SIGNATURE. (1) 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:
(a) Any public security provided that at least one (1) signature required or permitted to be placed thereon shall be manually subscribed, and
(b) Any instrument of payment.
Upon compliance with this act by the authorized officer, his facsimile signature has the same legal effect as his manual signature.
(2) The governor, 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:
(a) All instruments, documents and papers requiring his signature which originate with the state board of land commissioners or department of public lands, except deeds of the public lands of the state; and
(b) All instruments, documents and papers acted upon by the state board of examiners; and
(c) All instruments, documents and papers relating to appointment and commissioning of notaries public.
Upon compliance with this act by the governor, his facsimile signature has the same legal effect as his manual signature.
History:
[59-1019, added 1959, ch. 11, sec. 2, p. 28; am. 1965, ch. 132, sec. 1, p. 260.]