Sec. 73.3513  Signing of applications.

    (a) Applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact 
required by the FCC must be signed by the following persons:
    (1) Individual Applicant. The applicant, if the applicant is an 
individual.
    (2) Partnership. One of the partners, if the applicant is a 
partnership.
    (3) Corporation. An officer, if the applicant is a corporation.
    (4) Unincorporated Association. A member who is an officer, if the 
applicant is an unincorporated association.
    (5) Governmental Entity. Such duly elected or appointed officials as 
may be competent to do so under the law of the applicable jurisdiction, 
if the applicant is an eligible governmental entity, such as a State or 
Territory of the United States and political subdivisions thereof, the 
District of Columbia, and a unit of local government, including an 
unincorporated municipality.
    (b) Applications, amendments thereto, and related statements of fact 
required by the FCC may be signed by the applicant's attorney in case of 
the applicant's physical disability or of his absence from the United 
States. The attorney shall in that event separately set forth the reason 
why the application is not signed by the applicant. In addition, if any 
matter is stated on the basis of the attorney's belief only (rather than 
his knowledge), he shall separately set forth his reasons for believing 
that such statements are true.
    (c) Only the original of applications, amendments, or related 
statements of fact, need be signed; copies may be conformed.
    (d) Applications, amendments, and related statements of fact need 
not be submitted under oath. Willful false statements made therein 
however, will be considered a violation of Sec. 73.1015, are also 
punishable by fine and imprisonment, U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001, 
and by appropriate adminstrative sanctions including revocation of 
station license pursuant to section 312(a)(i) of the Communications Act.

[ 44 FR 38487 , July 2, 1979, as amended at  51 FR 3069 , Jan. 23, 1986]