Question

Greg, a licensee, fails to have his client sign off on the purchaser's counteroffer. Greg's client verbally approves the new terms, but Greg failed to obtain his signature. The deadline for signing the counteroffer is in one hour. Greg decides to sign his client's name. Which Penal Code Section addresses this crime, if it is a crime?

Answer 1

It is a crime and PC 470 and PC 473 are the Penal Code Sections that address this crime.

Explanation:

• Any individual who chooses to do a signature in someone else's name on a document that can be deemed as legal in the court of law is committing a crime that is punishable as it is a civil offense.

• Greg's action of signing the document by himself in someone else's name simply because he had acquired an oral consent of the other person is considered by law as a crime under Penal Code 470 and Penal code 473.