diff --git a/contracts/identity/IdentityGasRelay.sol b/contracts/identity/IdentityGasRelay.sol
index 931e68b..ca5b8d2 100644
--- a/contracts/identity/IdentityGasRelay.sol
+++ b/contracts/identity/IdentityGasRelay.sol
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pragma solidity ^0.4.21;
 
 import "./Identity.sol";
+import "../common/MessageSigned.sol";
 import "../token/ERC20Token.sol";
 
 /**
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ import "../token/ERC20Token.sol";
  * @author Ricardo Guilherme Schmidt (Status Research & Development GmbH) 
  * @notice enables economic abstraction for Identity
  */
-contract IdentityGasRelay is Identity {
+contract IdentityGasRelay is Identity, MessageSigned {
     
     bytes4 public constant CALL_PREFIX = bytes4(keccak256("callGasRelay(address,uint256,bytes32,uint256,uint256,address)"));
     bytes4 public constant APPROVEANDCALL_PREFIX = bytes4(keccak256("approveAndCallGasRelay(address,address,uint256,bytes32,uint256,uint256)"));
@@ -271,22 +272,7 @@ contract IdentityGasRelay is Identity {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @notice Hash a hash with `"\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n32"`
-     * @param _hash Sign to hash.
-     * @return signHash Hash ethereum wallet signs.
-     */
-    function getSignHash(
-        bytes32 _hash
-    )
-        pure
-        public
-        returns(bytes32 signHash)
-    {
-        signHash = keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n32", _hash);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @notice recovers address who signed the message 
+     * @notice recovers key who signed the message 
      * @param _signHash operation ethereum signed message hash
      * @param _messageSignature message `_signHash` signature
      * @param _pos which signature to read
@@ -321,7 +307,7 @@ contract IdentityGasRelay is Identity {
      */
     function signatureSplit(bytes _signatures, uint256 _pos)
         pure
-        public
+        internal
         returns (uint8 v, bytes32 r, bytes32 s)
     {
         uint pos = _pos + 1;
diff --git a/contracts/status/SNTController.sol b/contracts/status/SNTController.sol
index f65e7ab..9e2856f 100644
--- a/contracts/status/SNTController.sol
+++ b/contracts/status/SNTController.sol
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pragma solidity ^0.4.17;
 
 import "../token/TokenController.sol";
 import "../common/Owned.sol";
+import "../common/MessageSigned.sol";
 import "../token/ERC20Token.sol";
 import "../token/MiniMeToken.sol";
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import "../token/MiniMeToken.sol";
  * @author Ricardo Guilherme Schmidt (Status Research & Development GmbH) 
  * @notice enables economic abstraction for SNT
  */
-contract SNTController is TokenController, Owned {
+contract SNTController is TokenController, Owned, MessageSigned {
 
     
     bytes4 public constant TRANSFER_PREFIX = bytes4(keccak256("transferSNT(address,uint256,uint256,uint256)"));
@@ -229,70 +230,5 @@ contract SNTController is TokenController, Owned {
             _gasPrice
         );
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @notice recovers address who signed the message
-     * @param _signHash operation ethereum signed message hash
-     * @param _messageSignature message `_signHash` signature
-     */
-    function recoverAddress(
-        bytes32 _signHash, 
-        bytes _messageSignature
-    )
-        pure
-        public
-        returns(address) 
-    {
-        uint8 v;
-        bytes32 r;
-        bytes32 s;
-        (v,r,s) = signatureSplit(_messageSignature);
-        return ecrecover(
-            _signHash,
-            v,
-            r,
-            s
-        );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @dev divides bytes signature into `uint8 v, bytes32 r, bytes32 s` 
-     */
-    function signatureSplit(bytes _signature)
-        pure
-        public
-        returns (uint8 v, bytes32 r, bytes32 s)
-    {
-        // The signature format is a compact form of:
-        //   {bytes32 r}{bytes32 s}{uint8 v}
-        // Compact means, uint8 is not padded to 32 bytes.
-        assembly {
-            r := mload(add(_signature, 32))
-            s := mload(add(_signature, 64))
-            // Here we are loading the last 32 bytes, including 31 bytes
-            // of 's'. There is no 'mload8' to do this.
-            //
-            // 'byte' is not working due to the Solidity parser, so lets
-            // use the second best option, 'and'
-            v := and(mload(add(_signature, 65)), 0xff)
-        }
-
-        require(v == 27 || v == 28);
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * @notice Hash a hash with `"\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n32"`
-     * @param _hash Sign to hash.
-     * @return signHash Hash to be signed.
-     */
-    function getSignHash(
-        bytes32 _hash
-    )
-        pure
-        public
-        returns (bytes32 signHash)
-    {
-        signHash = keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n32", _hash);
-    }
     
 }
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