554D.108  Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts.

1.  A record or signature shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.

2.  A contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.

3.  If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.

4.  If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.

Section History: Recent form

  2000 Acts, ch 1189, §8

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