Rule 16.804 Documents requiring oaths, affirmations, or verifications

If a document needs to be signed under oath, affirmation, or verification, you have two options for signing it. You can sign it the traditional way with pen and paper, then scan the signed document into the electronic filing system. Or you can sign it using a digitized signature instead.

This gives people flexibility in how they handle documents that need this kind of formal signature, like affidavits or sworn statements. Either method is acceptable for filing purposes. The key point is that both a scanned physical signature and a digitized signature count as valid ways to meet the signing requirement for these types of documents.