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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted a lien claimant's Petition for Removal, rescinding the WCJ's order requiring a wet signature on a Labor Code section 4903.8 declaration. The Board found that an electronic signature on the declaration was legally valid and sufficient under California law, despite not meeting EAMS filing requirements for unstructured documents. The Board clarified that a defect in filing procedure does not automatically invalidate the signature itself. Therefore, no correction was necessary as the document was accepted for filing.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted a lien claimant's Petition for Removal, rescinding the WCJ's order requiring a wet signature on a Labor Code section 4903.8 declaration. The Board found that an electronic signature on the declaration was legally valid and sufficient under California law, despite not meeting EAMS filing requirements for unstructured documents. The Board clarified that a defect in filing procedure does not automatically invalidate the signature itself. Therefore, no correction was necessary as the document was accepted for filing.
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