Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, § 19 (2026)
Facsimile signatures
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Section 19. A facsimile of the signature of any register, imprinted by him, by an assistant register or by such office assistant as the register in writing may designate, upon any original instrument in attestation of the fact that the same has been recorded in his registry or upon any copy of the records or plans which the register is authorized by law to certify or attest as a true copy, shall have the same validity as his written signature.
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case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Johnson, 589 N.E.2d 328 (Mass. App. Ct. 1992).
Commonwealth v. Johnson, 589 N.E.2d 328 (Mass. App. Ct. 1992). “Second, the defendant argues that as the Legislature has enacted various statutes providing that a facsimile of a signature has the same validity as a handwritten one, see G. L. c. 36, § 19 (register of deeds), and G.”
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