(1) If the Party is an individual, by the individual. For all Parties other than individuals, pleadings, with the exception noted in Subsection (b), shall be signed by an attorney.

(2) Customer releases pursuant to Rule 6.07(b), exchanges and releases of allocated territory pursuant to Rule 6.07(c), and tariff filings pursuant to Rule 7.02 which are assigned to a “TF” Docket may be signed by an authorized representative of the Party.

(3) The attorney for any Party may sign for that Party provided, however, that any attorney who signs for a Party thereby represents that he/she is authorized to do so and that he/she is a licensed attorney at law in this State or another United States jurisdiction, that he/she agrees to conform to the standards of conduct required by attorneys before the courts of Arkansas and that he/she agrees to comply with the Commission's Rules. The attorney shall indicate his/her bar number and jurisdiction of licensure on all pleadings.

(4) All pleadings shall be verified by the Party filing the same unless signed by the Party's attorney, in which event such signature shall constitute a verification. A verification shall include a certificate by the Party that he/she has read the pleading; that to the best of his/her knowledge, information, and belief there are good grounds to support it; and that it is not interposed for delay.

(1) A pleading or other document filed electronically which requires a signature may be signed in the following manner: “/s/ (name).”

(2) If the filed document bears an original non-electronic signature, the Person filing the document shall maintain the original document. This includes all notarized documents.