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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Letter Writing

Signing a document on behalf of someone else

Is there a designation (for example p.p. or f.f.) that I should place before my own name when signing a document on behalf of my boss?

Do I sign his name or my own?
  

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Use his name if you are simply signing a business letter for him. For example, he is out of town but the letter needs to go out today. In this case, a common practice is to sign his name followed by your handwritten (and circled) initials.

  • Use his name if you are simply signing a business letter for him.
  • For example, he is out of town but the letter needs to go out today.
  • In this case, a common practice is to sign his name followed by your handwritten (and circled) initials.
  • If it is a legal document you are signing, which your boss has authorized you to sign, then you would sign your name.
  • However, there might be other requirements.
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Use his name if you are simply signing a business letter for him. For example, he is out of town but the letter needs to go out today. In this case, a common practice is to sign his name followed by your handwritten (and circled) initials.

If it is a legal document you are signing, which your boss has authorized you to sign, then you would sign your name. However, there migh

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