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How is the requirement of an original signature (attorney and/or debtor) handled for ECF cases?

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How is the requirement of an original signature (attorney and/or debtor) handled for ECF cases?

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The Court implemented Fourth Amended General Procedure Order (GPO) 2001-8 on May 1, 2007. This GPO and related Administrative Procedures for Electronic Case Files establish the practices and procedures for the filing, signing, and verification of documents by electronic means. Specifically, the use of an attorney’s court issued password to file documents electronically shall constitute the signature of that attorney for purposes of Fed.R.Bankr.P. 9011. In addition, the Administrative Procedures require that every petition, pleading, motion, and other paper served or filed in accordance with the procedures shall be subscribed by the attorney signing such pleading or document with a facsimile imaged signature or an “electronic signature”, e.g. “s/Jane Doe”. Please refer to GPO 2001-8 for further information on signatures.