diff --git a/transaction-view/src/lib.rs b/transaction-view/src/lib.rs
index a16187f62ccd82..e73eaa0cba1249 100644
--- a/transaction-view/src/lib.rs
+++ b/transaction-view/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ pub mod bytes;
 mod bytes;
 
 pub mod result;
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod signature_meta;
diff --git a/transaction-view/src/signature_meta.rs b/transaction-view/src/signature_meta.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d775513d1abbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transaction-view/src/signature_meta.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+use {
+    crate::{
+        bytes::{offset_array_len, read_byte},
+        result::{Result, TransactionParsingError},
+    },
+    solana_sdk::{packet::PACKET_DATA_SIZE, pubkey::Pubkey, signature::Signature},
+};
+
+/// Meta data for accessing transaction-level signatures in a transaction view.
+pub(crate) struct SignatureMeta {
+    /// The number of signatures in the transaction.
+    pub(crate) num_signatures: u16,
+    /// Offset to the first signature in the transaction packet.
+    pub(crate) offset: u16,
+}
+
+impl SignatureMeta {
+    /// Get the number of signatures and the offset to the first signature in
+    /// the transaction packet, starting at the given `offset`.
+    pub(crate) fn try_new(bytes: &[u8], offset: &mut usize) -> Result<Self> {
+        // The packet has a maximum length of 1232 bytes.
+        // Each signature must be paired with a unique static pubkey, so each
+        // signature really requires 96 bytes. This means the maximum number of
+        // signatures in a **valid** transaction packet is 12.
+        // In our u16 encoding scheme, 12 would be encoded as a single byte.
+        // Rather than using the u16 decoding, we can simply read the byte and
+        // verify that the MSB is not set.
+        const MAX_SIGNATURES_PER_PACKET: u16 = (PACKET_DATA_SIZE
+            / (core::mem::size_of::<Signature>() + core::mem::size_of::<Pubkey>()))
+            as u16;
+        // Maximum number of signatures should be represented by a single byte,
+        // thus the MSB should not be set.
+        const _: () = assert!(MAX_SIGNATURES_PER_PACKET & 0b1000_0000 == 0);
+
+        let num_signatures = read_byte(bytes, offset)? as u16;
+        if num_signatures == 0 || num_signatures > MAX_SIGNATURES_PER_PACKET {
+            return Err(TransactionParsingError);
+        }
+
+        let signature_offset = *offset as u16;
+        offset_array_len::<Signature>(bytes, offset, num_signatures)?;
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            num_signatures,
+            offset: signature_offset,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use {super::*, solana_sdk::short_vec::ShortVec};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_zero_signatures() {
+        let bytes = bincode::serialize(&ShortVec(Vec::<Signature>::new())).unwrap();
+        let mut offset = 0;
+        assert!(SignatureMeta::try_new(&bytes, &mut offset).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_one_signature() {
+        let bytes = bincode::serialize(&ShortVec(vec![Signature::default()])).unwrap();
+        let mut offset = 0;
+        let meta = SignatureMeta::try_new(&bytes, &mut offset).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(meta.num_signatures, 1);
+        assert_eq!(meta.offset, 1);
+        assert_eq!(offset, 1 + core::mem::size_of::<Signature>());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_max_signatures() {
+        let signatures = vec![Signature::default(); 12];
+        let bytes = bincode::serialize(&ShortVec(signatures)).unwrap();
+        let mut offset = 0;
+        let meta = SignatureMeta::try_new(&bytes, &mut offset).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(meta.num_signatures, 12);
+        assert_eq!(meta.offset, 1);
+        assert_eq!(offset, 1 + 12 * core::mem::size_of::<Signature>());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_too_many_signatures() {
+        let signatures = vec![Signature::default(); 13];
+        let bytes = bincode::serialize(&ShortVec(signatures)).unwrap();
+        let mut offset = 0;
+        assert!(SignatureMeta::try_new(&bytes, &mut offset).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_u16_max_signatures() {
+        let signatures = vec![Signature::default(); u16::MAX as usize];
+        let bytes = bincode::serialize(&ShortVec(signatures)).unwrap();
+        let mut offset = 0;
+        assert!(SignatureMeta::try_new(&bytes, &mut offset).is_err());
+    }
+}