Code of Massachusetts Regulations
840 CMR - PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION
Title 840 CMR 28.00 - Electronic Signatures
Section 28.07 - Use of Wet Signatures Still Authorized

(1) Nothing in 840 CMR 28.00 shall preclude a retirement board or PERAC from using physical forms with wet signatures for all or some of its forms and transactions.

(2) A member of a retirement system, or a person becoming a member of a retirement system, or a person who needs to sign a form for a retirement system or PERAC for any reason, retains the right to sign a prescribed form with a wet signature upon his or her request.

(3) If a retirement board has not promulgated a PERAC-approved regulation allowing the use of electronic signatures, the use of wet signatures shall be mandatory.