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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-4002

  • Authorized officer: means any official of this state or any of its departments, agencies, boards, or other instrumentalities or any of its political or taxing subdivisions whose signature to a public security or instrument of payment is required or permitted. See Kansas Statutes 75-4001
  • Facsimile signature: means a reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping, or other means of the manual signature of an authorized officer. See Kansas Statutes 75-4001
  • Instrument of payment: means a check, draft, warrant, or order for the payment, delivery, or transfer of funds. See Kansas Statutes 75-4001
  • Public security: means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness, or other obligation for the payment of money, issued by this state or by any of its departments, agencies, boards, or other instrumentalities or by any of its political or taxing subdivisions. See Kansas Statutes 75-4001
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Any authorized officer, after filing with the secretary of state his or her manual signature certified by him or her under oath, may execute or cause to be executed with a facsimile signature in lieu of his or her manual signature: (a) Any public security, provided that at least one signature required or permitted to be placed thereon shall be manually subscribed, and (b) any instrument of payment. Upon compliance with this act by the authorized officer, his or her facsimile signature has the same legal effect as his or her manual signature.