1. Can someone else sign the contract for you?
The contract can be signed by others, but a power of attorney is required. As an entrusted agent, when signing a contract on behalf of the principal, the principal enjoys contractual rights and performs contractual obligations, and the contract must be accompanied by a power of attorney signed by the principal.
Civil code (implemented from 202 1 1 1)
Article 161 A civil subject may carry out a civil juristic act through an agent.
In accordance with the provisions of the law, the agreement of the parties or the nature of civil legal acts, civil legal acts that should be implemented by themselves shall not be represented.
Article 162 A civil juristic act carried out by an agent in the name of the principal within the scope of his agency authority is effective for the principal.
Article 163 Agency includes entrusted agency and legal agency.
An entrusted agent shall exercise the power of agency as entrusted by the principal. A legal agent shall exercise his power of agency in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Article 164 An agent who fails to perform or fails to fully perform his duties, thus causing damage to the principal, shall bear civil liability.
If the agent and the counterpart collude maliciously and damage the legitimate rights and interests of the principal, the agent and the counterpart shall bear joint liability.
Section 2 Principal-agent
Article 165 If the power of attorney is in written form, it shall specify the name of the agent, the matters to be represented, the authority and the time limit, and shall be signed or sealed by the principal.
Article 166 Where several persons are agents in the same agency, they shall jointly exercise their agency rights with others, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Article 167 If an agent knows or should know that the agency matters are illegal, or the principal knows or should know that the agent's agency behavior is illegal, and he still acts as an agent without raising any objection, the principal and the agent shall bear joint liability.
Article 168 An agent shall not engage in civil legal acts in the name of the principal or in his own name, except with the consent or ratification of the principal.
An agent shall not, in the name of the principal, carry out a civil juristic act at the same time with other people he represents, except with the consent or ratification of the principal.
Article 169 Where an agent needs to entrust a third person to act as an agent, it shall obtain the consent or ratification of the principal.
If the entrusted agent is approved or ratified by the principal, the principal may directly instruct the entrusted third party on the agency affairs, and the agent is only responsible for the choice and instruction of the third party.
If the entrusted agent is not approved or ratified by the principal, the agent shall be responsible for the behavior of the entrusted third party; However, in an emergency, in order to safeguard the interests of the principal, the agent needs to entrust a third party.
Article 170 A civil juristic act committed in the name of a legal person or an organization without legal personality on matters within its scope of functions and powers shall have effect on the legal person or organization without legal personality.
The restriction of a legal person or an unincorporated organization on the scope of functions and powers of a person performing a task shall not be opposed to a bona fide counterpart.
Article 171 Where an actor has no agency, exceeds the agency or remains an agent after the agency is terminated, it shall not be effective to the principal without ratification by the principal.
The counterpart may urge the principal to ratify it within 30 days from the date of receiving the notice. If the trustor fails to declare it, it shall be deemed as refusal to ratify it. Before the act committed by the actor is ratified, the bona fide counterpart has the right to revoke it. Revocation shall be made by notice.
If the act committed by the actor is not ratified, the bona fide counterpart has the right to demand the actor to perform the debt or demand the actor to compensate for the damage he has suffered. However, the scope of compensation shall not exceed the benefits that the counterpart can obtain when the principal ratifies.
If the counterpart knows or should know that the actor has no right to act as an agent, the counterpart and the actor shall bear the responsibility according to their respective faults.
Article 172 If the actor has no agency right, exceeds the agency right or the agency right is terminated, and the counterpart has reason to believe that the actor has the agency right, the agency act is valid.
Second, is it effective to find someone to sign a contract?
I didn't sign the cooperation agreement, and whether it has legal effect depends on the specific situation:
1. If your agent signs for you within the scope of authority of the agent; Or you know that someone else signed the cooperation agreement in your name without denying it, then the signature is valid and the cooperation agreement is valid.
2. If someone else signs on your behalf without authorization, beyond the scope of authorization or after the authorization is terminated, the signature of the agent is valid and the cooperation agreement is valid after your ratification.
3. If it doesn't belong to the above situation, the signed cooperation agreement is invalid and has no legal binding force on you.
According to the above provisions, under normal circumstances, you can actually entrust others to sign the contract instead of yourself, but at this time you need to issue the corresponding power of attorney as required, otherwise the act of signing the contract on behalf of the actor will have no legal effect. It is particularly important to note that if the contract signed by oneself involves personal relations, or if the parties have agreed that the actor must execute it in person, he can't act as an agent, such as signing a divorce agreement.