Is it okay to send sign your name to a blank paper box so an agency can use it for electronic signatures?

[Sylvia Pollick]

Is it okay to send a signature on a blank page with a box so an agency can use it for electronic transcripts? That would also enable them to use it for copies sold later, without our knowledge, wouldn't it? And they might put our signature on the wrong transcript. Or is this the new thing and everybody is doing it? This is the second request I've gotten.

[Mary Jo Cochran]

Let's keep this simple - and in the legal atmosphere.  What your name is going on, is there a paragraph attesting as to what you are signing your name to and why?  You are not signing your name to something just because it's a formality. 

 

Working for attorneys, I have signed an attorney's name ALOT.  There was always the little 9pt font saying "Signed in absence to avoid delay in delivery.)

[Janet]

 

Honestly, I prefer them to have my signature.  It takes less of my time to turn the job in.  If I distrusted an agency and thought they would be selling copies without my knowledge, I wouldn't work for them.  I think they want it to streamline the production process.  That's fine by me.

[Judy]

I agree with Janet.  If I trusted them, I'd do it; if I didn't, I shouldn't be working for them.

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

I totally agree with Judy and Janet.  What a pain to constantly be turning in signed certs.  If you don't trust the agency you're working with, maybe it's time to work for someone else, IMHO.

[Rosalie DeLeonardis]

I have done it with the firms I trust, it saves me money from having to Fedex my signed cert every time.  I also love the firms who have RealLegal where I can add my signature on every transcripts. 

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

I also do have my signature with RealLegal, as well.  Not sure anyone uses it, but I have it there.  You have to get your signature notarized before sending it to them.