I had always been told it was not fraud unless it was contested.
The key is to know your own signature and what it looks like so that if
fraudulent activity occurred you could have a way of distinguishing your own
signature.
Deanna Austin CVRT
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Hi Candy,
When I was at Western Michigan we were discussing this topic and Sue told us
that it is more important for the signature to be consistent than legible.
After our discussion in class one of my classmates decided to see just how
closely signatures are observed. She was fully sighted. At a local store she
paid using her personal check, but instead of signing her own name on her check
she signed Susan Ponchillia. The check cleared and no one ever flagged it. This
is kind of scary if you think about it, but it goes to show that pretty much no
one even looks at the signature, they just look to see that there is a
signature.
Kendra
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Hi Candy,
Don’t know about legalities, but I’ve rarely seen a physician’s signature
that’s legible. I always told clients that they passed the test to be a doctor
if no one can read their name when they sign. Relieves a lot of worry about
legibility.
Roberta McCall, CVRT
retired
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This topic has probably been covered before, but I couldn’t remember for sure
what the consensus was. Is there any legal requirement for a person to have a
legible signature? What is the minimum requirement? Thank you, Candy Lien
