diff --git a/bigchaindb/core.py b/bigchaindb/core.py
index 14892e95..dfc363b0 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/core.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/core.py
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ class Bigchain(object):
         # if assignee field in the transaction, remove it
         if 'assignee' in data:
             data.pop('assignee')
+        if 'signatures' not in data:
+            return False
 
         signatures = data.pop('signatures')
         for public_key_base58 in signed_transaction['transaction']['current_owners']:
diff --git a/tests/db/test_bigchain_api.py b/tests/db/test_bigchain_api.py
index aadf9147..1af1d874 100644
--- a/tests/db/test_bigchain_api.py
+++ b/tests/db/test_bigchain_api.py
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ class TestBigchainApi(object):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError):
             b.create_transaction('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', payload=[])
 
+    def test_create_transaction_with_multiple_owners(self, b):
+        num_current_owners = 42
+        num_new_owners = 73
+        tx = b.create_transaction(['a']*num_current_owners, ['b']*num_new_owners, 'd', 'e')
+
+        assert sorted(tx) == sorted(['id', 'transaction'])
+        assert sorted(tx['transaction']) == sorted(['current_owners', 'new_owners', 'input', 'operation',
+                                                    'timestamp', 'data'])
+
+        assert len(tx['transaction']['current_owners']) == num_current_owners
+        assert len(tx['transaction']['new_owners']) == num_new_owners
+
     def test_transaction_hash(self, b):
         payload = {'cats': 'are awesome'}
         tx = b.create_transaction('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', payload)
@@ -79,11 +91,32 @@ class TestBigchainApi(object):
     def test_transaction_signature(self, b):
         sk, vk = b.generate_keys()
         tx = b.create_transaction(vk, 'b', 'c', 'd')
+
+        assert b.verify_signature(tx) is False
         tx_signed = b.sign_transaction(tx, sk)
 
         assert 'signatures' in tx_signed
         assert b.verify_signature(tx_signed)
 
+    def test_transaction_signature_multiple_owners(self, b):
+        num_current_owners = 42
+        sk, vk = [], []
+        for _ in range(num_current_owners):
+            sk_, vk_ = b.generate_keys()
+            sk.append(sk_)
+            vk.append(vk_)
+        tx = b.create_transaction(vk, 'b', 'c', 'd')
+        tx_signed = tx
+        for i in range(num_current_owners):
+            assert b.verify_signature(tx_signed) is False
+            tx_signed = b.sign_transaction(tx_signed, sk[i], vk[i])
+
+        assert 'signatures' in tx_signed
+        assert 'public_key' in tx_signed['signatures'][0]
+        assert 'signature' in tx_signed['signatures'][0]
+        assert len(tx_signed['signatures']) == num_current_owners
+        assert b.verify_signature(tx_signed)
+
     def test_serializer(self, b):
         tx = b.create_transaction('a', 'b', 'c', 'd')
         assert b.deserialize(b.serialize(tx)) == tx