{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-6-14-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 6-14-2","heading":"Facsimile signature; use; legal effect.","body":"Any authorized officer, after filing with the Secretary of State his manual signature certified by under oath, may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature in lieu of his manual signature:\n(a) Any public security, provided that at least one signature required or permitted to be placed thereon shall be manually subscribed. If a public security is required to be manually signed by a trustee, issuing agent, fiscal agent, registrar, or other agent or custodian, the signature of any or all authorized officers may be executed by facsimile; and\n(b) Any instrument of payment.\nUpon compliance with this article by the authorized officer, his facsimile signature shall have the same legal effect as his manual signature.","path":["CHAPTER 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING OFFICERS.","ARTICLE 14. UNIFORM FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/6-14-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:20:19Z","sha256":"cf87d8e1691d23fb75cf180dbf9ef35be1f606d110f2da34b4e14dd5b1ad2b9f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-6-14-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-6-14-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}