SIGNATURE VERIFICATION

Module No. 5
Total Study Hours: 6hrs
Module Writer: PROF. RIZALINO D. FLORES III
Registered Criminologist
Master of Arts in Criminology

Module and Learning Facilitator Contacts: FB Messanger: Rizalino Flores

rizalinoflores3@gmail.com

Module Learning Outcomes:

 Cite and recognize characteristics of genuine signature

 Recognize style and habits in execution of signature
 Demonstrate capability to examine signature to point out identity and non-identity among
known and unknown writing specimen
 Prepare case folder on signature verification
 Present findings on signature verification and apply various techniques in preparation and
presentation of exhibits

CONTENT
I. WHAT IS SIGNATURE?

a. Name of a person written by himself as sign of acknowledgement

b. Refers to any designs or pattern written by a person in a document as a representation
of acknowledgement
c. Evidential Signature -
d. Model Signature - A genuine signature which has been used to prepare an imitated or
traced forgery

II. TWO STYLES OF SIGNATURES

a. Conventional or Ordinary Copy-book Form

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 b. Highly Individualized

III. CLASSES OF SIGNATURE

a. Formal or Complete - Class of signature used in acknowledging important document

such as will, checks, contracts and business papers
b. Informal or Cursory - A class of signature for routinary document or made for personal
correspondence

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Careless Scribble - Used for mail carrier, delivery of goods, purchase of equipment and
autograph collector

IV. EXAMINATION OF GENUINE AND FORGED SIGNATURES

a. Examination of the consistency and variations of following writing characteristics:

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 i. Forms – Shape designs of the letter including diacritics (Consider the influence
of speed applied in writing)
ii. Muscular Coordination (Firmness of Strokes)
1. Presence of Tremors (Shaky strokes)
2. Line Quality
iii. Retracing
iv. Connections (length and shapes [circular, elliptical or angular?])
v. Size and Proportion
vi. Slant
vii. Spacing (letters, initials, words, sentences, paragraphs, margin)
viii. Speed
ix. Shading and Pen Emphasis (Pressure)
x. Terminal and initial strokes
xi. Alignment
xii. Embellishment

V. LABORATORY REPORT CONTENT

a. Case Description: Signature Verification

b. Time and Date Received:
c. Requesting Party/Unit:
d. Specimens Submitted: Universidad De Manila Daily Time Record (DTR) for the month of
November, bearing the signature of PROF. VOLTAIRE L. PERALES marked as QD01
e. Findings: Presentation of the result of the examination
f. Conclusion: Identity or Non – Identity
g. Remarks
h. Time and Date Completed:
i. Signature of Examiner

VI. PRESENTATION IN LINES AND POINTS

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 VII. PROOF OF GENUINENESS

a. “ The handwriting of a person may be proved by any witness who believes it to be the
handwriting of such person because he has seen the person write, or has seen writing
purporting to be his upon which the witness has acted or been charged, and has thus
acquired knowledge of the handwriting of such person. Evidence respecting the
handwriting may also be given by a comparison, made by the witness or the court, with
writings admitted or treated as genuine by the party against whom the evidence is
offered, or proved to be genuine to the satisfaction of the judge” (Section 22, Rule 132
of the 1997 Revised Rules of Court)

Assessment Methods

1. Signature Verification

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