Beneath the closing sentence was written the position, rank and name (in that precise order) of the official who issued the document, and on the line under it was the date it was issued (In the cases of a Daijokanpu, the rank and name of the Benkan (Daijokan official) is written on the upper part, and the name of the scribe is placed under it, as required by the Ritsuryo system).
書止の次の行には実際の発給担当者の位署が官職・位階・姓名の順に従って記載され（太政官符の場合は、行の上部に弁官、下部に史(律令制)の位署がなされた）、その次の行に発給された年月日が記載された。