# signature\_verification

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**Description**

Prompts the merchant to verify the signature after the signature is done or the screen times out.

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**Configuration Parameters**

`Terminal.SignatureValidationTimeout` - Value for the screen timeout.

`Terminal.SignatureValidationTimeoutBehavior` - If the screen times out, the value of this field determines whether the transaction is completed or reversed.

`Merchant.MerchantConfirmSignatureOption` - value of this field determines if the merchant is required to verify customers’ signatures.

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**Error Scenarios**

If the merchant declines the verification, the transaction will be declined and a reversal will be sent

If the screen times out, depending on the setting for `Terminal.SignatureValidationTimeoutBehavior`, the transaction is declined or approved. If the transaction is declined, a reversal will be sent.
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