My signature

[pslane]

I have no idea where to post this question but you can re-direct me if need be.
I am using inhalers to help me with my breathing problems and pretty sure that's what is causing my hands to shake some. It makes it hard for me to sign my name when it's needed on documents.
My question is How can I make it legal to PRINT my name on documents and checks instead of using CURSIVE?

[PJSaturn]

Perhaps an attorney can answer your question free of charge. Or maybe ask a bank officer since they deal with many legal documents.

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[elnina]

In the United States, there is no legal requirement for a signature to be in cursive. Printed signatures are widely accepted and legally valid. In fact, some say that printing is often easier to read than cursive.
A valid signature does not need to be even legible or in English, and may be abbreviated as long as this is consistent with how the person signing normally signs his or her name.
A valid signature consists of any handwritten mark or sign made by a person. It could be an X and it's valid.
People may use an "X" if they are unable to sign their name due to illiteracy or disability. For example, the federal government accepts an "X" for income tax filings.
My signature is just the first letter of my first name and 4 letters of my long last name and ends with just a long line, but often I just put my initials as my signature, or make it completely unreadable/indecipherable. It's unique and it's mine.

Here is everything you need to know:
https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/...rt-b-chapter-2

I noticed that people who sign a lot of documents on a daily basis, usually just make some sort of short, unreadable check-mark-like stroke. They simply don't have time to calligraphy their first and last name on each document


For digital documents you can create digital signature.
An digital signature, or e-signature, is a way to digitally validate or acknowledge a document using data that is logically associated with other data.
Electronic signatures are legally enforceable in most business and personal transactions in almost every country in the world.

However, as a general rule, the following types of documents typically cannot be signed using an e-signature: Marriage, birth, and death certificates. Wills, codicils, and testamentary trusts. (but confirm that in your state)

https://www.clio.com/blog/are-electr...natures-legal/

How to:
https://www.pandadoc.com/blog/how-to...nic-signature/

[heavymind]

OP, wouldn't printed writing be even worse if your hands are shaking? I've seen some people's signatures that are nothing more than a 'swoosh', or maybe a line with a loop at the end. No discernible letters, it's more like a mark. If that's your signature, then that's your signature.

My signature is a vague series of swooshes of first initial and last name. No way could someone see it and actually make out what it says.

[pslane]

This is great advice. My printing is okay and I print everything else now except my signature. Thanks for the link, too.