Section 5302 Of Chapter 4. Signatures From California Government Code >> Division 6. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 4.
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. (a) Wherever any statute requires that any bond issued by a
public body be signed, manually by two or more officers or other
individuals, all signatures and countersignatures may be printed,
lithographed, engraved, or otherwise mechanically reproduced except
that one of said signatures or countersignatures to the bonds shall
be manually affixed. The signature may be affixed in accordance with
the provisions of the Uniform Facsimile Signatures of Public
Officials Act, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5500) of Title 1.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the governing board of the
public body may, in its discretion, determine that all of the
required signatures and countersignatures shall be by facsimiles,
provided, however, that the bonds shall not be valid or become
obligatory for any purpose until manually signed by an authenticating
agent duly appointed by the governing board or its authorized
designee.