Can my signature be my initials?

by **siwili** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:48 am

So I was signing a financial aid paper for college, and I signed the paper how I've always signed it --my initials in cursive-- and my mother tells me that I can't do that. She said my signature has to be my full name. We got into a big argument about it. Now, I've always signed documents this way, and it's never seemed to be a problem, except when she would give me **** about it. So, does my signature have to be my full legal name, or can it be just my initials?

by **mads** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:54 am

what ever is on your drivers license

by **bardoul** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:01 am

it can be anything you like as long as all your documents etc have the same sign on them

by **kendrix** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:08 am

It's up to you what you use as a signature,it is your way of identifing yourself.

by **eochaidh94** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:13 am

The LEGAL definition of a signature is INTENT to sign. If you put pen to paper, with the intent to sign, whatever mark you leave on the paper is legally your signature. It would be nearly impossible to PROVE a random mark was your signature, unless you use the same mark on a regular basis, but it would be legal. As long as you habitually use your initials, that is 100% acceptable by the letter of the law.

by **emilek17** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:15 am

It has nothing to do with your driving licence! Whatever you write in your own hand on the paper, is to all intents and purposes, your signature.

by **elkan80** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:21 am

It has nothing to do with your driving licence! Whatever you write in your own hand on the paper, is to all intents and purposes, your signature.

It has nothing to do with your driving licence! Whatever you write in your own hand on the paper, is to all intents and purposes, your signature.

by **symington** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:22 am

This and other interesting things are attend to in the following link to a work by Professor Chris Reed

If a man cannot write his own name, he can 'sign' the document by making his mark, which is usually the sign of a cross, but in that case he must make the mark himself, and not use a typewriter, or rubber stamp, or even a seal. The virtue of a signature lies in the fact that no two persons write exactly alike, and so it carries on the face of it a guarantee that the person who signs has given his personal attention to the document

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