How do you sign under protest and duress?

Answer 1

When an officer tries to write you a ticket you should immediately identify it as a bill of exchange and state you are willing to accept his presentment and demand the original bill.

Another View: When you feel that you are being pressured to sign a legal document you may add a notation to the signature block indicating - 'signed under duress' - which will lead any subsequent reader of the document to question the circumstances of your signature. If this would be a judicial authority, then after hearing your explanation, THEY will rule on whether "duress" was present or not.

Added: The concept of signing under protest and duress rarely means what people want it to mean. Unless you are physically being forced to sign something, you should not sign something you don't agree to. Absent the threat of physical force, courts are generally unwilling to accept that a signature was coerced. In the case of a traffic ticket, a signature merely notes receipt of the citation, not fault. Unless you contest that the officer is presenting you with a copy of the citation, there is no reason to refuse to sign, but refusal to sign may land you in jail. Further, the courts are not blind to parties' attempts to avoid liability, and often react harshly to uninformed attempts to avoid the law such as those noted in the first paragraph.

Answer 2

When you receive a check and you're not in agreement as to the amount being paid each month, or not in agreement with the way the total is being paid or not accepting it as the final payment. You can write "under protest" on the back and cash it. That way you're not bound by that amount. It is usually a partial payment on a larger debt.

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Answer 3

Answer

You have not agreed what you have signed. Sign under protest occurs due force, circumstances, unable to continue further and sign under protest and find solution in some other ways etc.