Sec.  1.743   Who may sign applications.

   (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, applications,
   amendments thereto, and related statements of fact required by the
   Commission must be signed by the applicant, if the applicant is an
   individual; by one of the partners, if the applicant is a partnership; by an
   officer or duly authorized employee, if the applicant is a corporation; or
   by a member who is an officer, if the applicant is an unincorporated
   association. Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact filed
   on behalf of eligible government entities such as states and territories of
   the United States, their political subdivisions, the District of Columbia,
   and units of local government, including incorporated municipalities, must
   be signed by a duly elected or appointed official who is authorized to do so
   under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction.

   (b) Applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact
   required by the Commission may be signed by the applicant's attorney in case
   of the applicant's physical disability or of his absence from the United
   States. The attorney shall in that event separately set forth the reason why
   the application is not signed by the applicant. In addition, if any matter
   is stated on the basis of the attorney's belief only (rather than his
   knowledge), he shall separately set forth his reasons for believing that
   such statements are true.

   (c) Only the original of applications, amendments, or related statements of
   fact need be signed; copies may be conformed.

   (d) Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact need not be
   signed under oath. Willful false statements made therein, however, are
   punishable by fine and imprisonment, U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001, and
   by appropriate administrative sanctions, including revocation of station
   license pursuant to section 312(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
   amended.

   (e) “Signed,” as used in this section, means an original hand-written
   signature, except that by public notice in the Federal Register the Wireline
   Competition Bureau may allow signature by any symbol executed or adopted by
   the applicant with the intent that such symbol be a signature, including
   symbols formed by computer-generated electronic impulses.

   [ 28 FR 12450 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  53 FR 17193 , May 16, 1988;  59 FR 59503 , Nov. 17, 1994;  67 FR 13223 , Mar. 21, 2002]