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An online PDF signature is a digital approach to signing PDF documents using secure software. It allows users to create, apply, and verify signatures without the need for printing or scanning. With airSlate SignNow, users can upload their PDFs, sign them online, and send them for signatures seamlessly.

Yes, airSlate SignNow offers a range of pricing plans designed to meet the needs of individuals and businesses alike. Users can choose a plan that suits their budget while enjoying the benefits of unlimited online PDF signatures and user-friendly features. This makes it a competitive and cost-effective solution on the market.

airSlate SignNow provides various features for online PDF signatures, including easy document uploading, multiple signature types, and real-time tracking. Users can also customize signature workflows and use templates for repetitive tasks, ensuring a smooth signing process. These features make the online PDF signature process efficient and user-friendly.

Yes, electronic signatures created with airSlate SignNow are legally binding and compliant with e-signature laws such as the ESIGN Act and UETA in the United States. The platform ensures that all online PDF signatures have the required authentication and security measures in place. This guarantees the integrity of signed documents.

Absolutely! airSlate SignNow offers integrations with various applications, including popular CRM and document management systems. This allows users to automate workflows and manage their documents seamlessly within their existing technology stack. The capability to integrate enhances the overall efficiency of obtaining online PDF signatures.

The online PDF signing process with airSlate SignNow is highly secure, utilizing advanced encryption and compliance protocols to protect sensitive data. Signers receive a secure link that ensures only authorized individuals can access and sign the documents. This commitment to security makes it a trustworthy option for online PDF signatures.

Using airSlate SignNow for online PDF signatures streamlines document management, saves time, and reduces costs associated with traditional signing methods. It eliminates the hassle of printing, scanning, and mailing documents. Additionally, it enhances accessibility, enabling users to sign documents from anywhere, at any time.

Although every state has passed laws that involve e-signatures, under the federal ESIGN Act, your electronic signature on a .pdf is just as valid as your physical signature. The ESIGN Act provides that a contract or signature “may not be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.” This simple statement means that electronic signatures and records are just as good as their paper equivalents, and therefore subject to the same legal scrutiny of authenticity and burden of proof standards that apply to paper documents. So unless your signature was forged, given under duress, or you refused to sign via electronic means (or there's some other reason to invalidate the contract), the executed .pdf copy may be enforced against you.

The answer is similar to the Why is Dropbox more popular than other programs with similar functionality? [ https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Dropbox-more-popular-than-other-programs-with-similar-functionality ] question[1], the crux of which is that normal people don't want a Comprehensive Software Solution Package. They want a tool that does something for them. Dropbox: There is a folder and you put files in it. It syncs. HelloFax: You upload a file and sign it. It sends. Let's say you are a harried entrepreneur who is incorporating his/her company, and finds that s/he needs to sign and fax back the final documents. You just want to get this done as fast as possible and you don't want to drive to Kinkos, so you start looking online for a solution. Try going to EchoSign's webpage: http://www.echosign.com/ Now look at HelloFax: https://www.hellofax.com/ Which one looks more intimidating? Do you want an electronic signature solution or do you just want to sign it and be done with this "fax" problem? When someone asks me to fax something back, I don't think "Ah! This situation calls for an electronic signature! A web application that facilitates electronic signatures would be just the ticket!" Instead, I think, "WTF you neanderthal, why do you still have a fax machine?" I just want to get my signature onto that document, which I already have on my computer, and send it off to them. Most people requesting a "fax" will take a PDF via email, which HelloFax can send, or if they really are neanderthals, they will have an actual fax number, and HelloFax can send it there too. That's all I know and understand, and I need a simple service that transparently does this. HelloFax does it; I have no idea if EchoSign can even send something to a fax number or, from their website, exactly what they do[2]. [1] Fun tip: click on the "more" link showing the "votes by" for Michael Wolfe's answer on that page. [2] Edited: Antone Johnson's answer does a good job explaining what EchoSign is all about.

That depends on what exactly you mean by an "electronic signature", and the type of contract that you're trying to enforce.  Generally, the fact that a signature is electronic instead of a physical mark is not sufficient for it to be outright ignored by the law.  In fact, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) explicitly allows for the validity of electronic signatures (something I covered in length on Are digital signatures via iPhone/iPad recognized as legally binding?):§ 1-201. General Definitions(39) "Signed" includes any symbol executed or adopted by a party with present intention to authenticate a writing. This  is why an "X" on a contract is sufficient to count as a signature - it is a "symbol" that is "executed" by a party with "intent" to "authenticate" the contract.§ 2-211. Legal Recognition of Electronic Contracts, Records, and Signatures(1) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.(2) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.(3) This article does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed by electronic means or in electronic form.(4) A contract formed by the interaction of an individual and an electronic agent under Section 2-204(4)(b) does not include terms provided by the individual if the individual had reason to know that the agent could not react to the terms as provided.This basically means that, just because the "signature" is in electronic format, it's entirely valid.§ 2-212. ATTRIBUTIONAn electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person or the person's electronic agent or the person is otherwise legally bound by the act.This allows you to have PayPal or some other third party or application to which you've assigned the power bind you to a contract.

Here's a handy PDF from a software company that makes a similar product about the legality of electronic signatures. It's a one page, simple document. http://www.rjssoftware.com/RJS/m...

Most importantly, we will grow from where we are today (about 1% of all contracts signed on the web) to 50%+ (the majority) in 4-6 years.  The broader market will grow 50x, and with that, the market will fundamentally change.At a product/technical level, there will be at least 3 important evolutions as the % of contracts signed on the web that we see at EchoSign:Seamless web workflow (integrations).  Today, it's still relatively nichey to, for example, create a document in Google Docs or pull a form from DropBox or Box.net, review/edit/collaborate on the document, send it out to get signed, and then have it all stored on the web, in the cloud.  In 3-5 years, the entire contracting workflow and process will be 100% web and cloud based.100% web-based contract.  Today, only a minority of e-signed contracts are created purely on the web.  Instead, most contracts are still local content - a local PDF, or a local Word document.  In 3-5 years, the contract will be 100% web-based and completely abstracted from not only paper, but from an off-line contract creation process.  This makes e-signatures a requisite, not optional, part of the contracting process.Dramatically more functionality.  From a functionality perspective, the solutions and market are still at a nascent stage.  As the market grows 50x in the next few years, the demands for functionality will grow 50x.  Whether it's basic things like HTML5 support for e-signing on the iPad, or tailoring the electronic signature experience in real-time based on the country the signer is in, or bigger changes, like true web-based contract collaboration, the bar will continue to go up.Because of this, the market is likely to end up with "2.5" leading players.  E-signatures and e-contracting are too nuanced, and require too much workflow and too high a level of user-specific functionality, to become just a feature of another solution.  The level of solution complexity certainly is not as high as standalone CRM, for example (where competing with Salesforce.com at this point is impractical), but it is much higher than simple web apps (e.g., document or content storage) or even web conferencing/collaboration (WebEx/GoToMeeting/etc.).  The solutions also benefit from scale and users, but do not have a true network effect.  Also, electronic signatures have a signNow legal component, which creates challenges to immature products.Thus, 4-5 years out (perhaps not 3), we are likely to see (x) e-signatures having become the primary way contracts are signed, period, with (y) a few leaders (a la WebEx and GoToMeeting) whose products are deeply integrated with, but not subsumed by, the workflows and integrations of the web, along with a few smaller players with niche offerings and relatively small customer bases.

Both terms - “electronic signature” and “digital signature” - are often used interchangeably, they aren’t exactly the same. Electronic signatures could be considered virtual representations of a pen-and-paper (“wet”) signatures. Digital signatures, also called cryptographic signatures, are a type of electronic signature that’s coded and encrypted in order to prevent the impersonation of a signee, tampering, and improve security overall.The main difference is that a digital signature is mainly used to secure documents and is authorized by certification authorities while an electronic signature (e-signature, e-sign) is usually associated with a contract where the signer has got the intention to do so: Difference Between Digital Signature and Electronic SignatureE-signature helps an individual to show his agreement to the conditions and terms of an electronic service. It can also be used to confirm the identity of the message's creator. Many countries give the same legal importance and significance to e-signatures as to traditional ways of executing documents. Here are the features of some most popular tools in this area: Best E-Signature Software Reviews & Comparisons | 2019 List of Expert's ChoicesWith electronic signature tools you avoid signing digital documents by hand - which is tedious cause otherwise you need to print, sign and scan all that stuff - that’s why such tools are on the rise. If you work with such signatures often, maybe you need some simple free tool which is specialized exactly for your business tasks. It really depends on the purpose for which you need this to sign an already typed document - it is often better to use a specialized tool, like Draw Your Signature Online and Sign PDF - CreateMySignature.com (instead of a regular image editor) to streamline your business documents workflow.

Not entirely. By saying "please find the signed copy" you are asking the person to look for and identify the signed copy. I think what you mean is "Please find attached/enclosed", depending on whether you are sending an email with an attachment or a letter with an enclosure. I think you also want to make it clear that what you are sending is your signature, rather than the fully signed document. So you should make that clear as well. "Sign there" doesn't really make sense in English. You could say:"Please find attached/enclosed our signature to the document. Please countersign this and return it to us."However, you probably notice that starting two sentences in a row with "please + verb is a bit awkward, so stylistically this would be better:"I attach/enclose our signature to the document. Please countersign this and return it to us."PS you need to use your full name on Quora.

In states which have passed it, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) would govern this.  Section 7 of UETA, in particular, specifies:  SECTION 7.  LEGAL RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS, ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, AND ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS.       (a)  A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.       (b)  A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.       (c)  If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.       (d)  If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.So, assuming that a signature is required for a contract to be valid, an "electronic signature" suffices.  UETA defines "electronic signature" as follows:(8)  "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.In basic language, this means that when you type out your name and click on the "submit" button, you've electronically signed the record, and the official comments to UETA (not technically law, but extremely persuasive) back this up:This definition includes as an electronic signature the standard webpage click through process.  For example, when a person orders goods or services through a vendor's website, the person will be required to provide information as part of a process which will result in receipt of the goods or services.  When the customer ultimately gets to the last step and clicks "I agree," the person has adopted the process and has done so with the intent to associate the person with the record of that process.  The actual effect of the electronic signature will be determined from all the surrounding circumstances, however, the person adopted a process which the circumstances indicate s/he intended to have the effect of getting the goods/services and being bound to pay for them.  The adoption of the process carried the intent to do a legally signNow act, the hallmark of a signature.Although not every state has adopted UETA either in part or in whole without modifications, I believe every state now has similar or identical provisions in its body of law.  Assuming that this type of waiver would otherwise be legally enforceable (and many jurisdictions don't allow a waiver of liability for injuries under certain circumstances) then it would not be rendered unenforceable simply because it was signed electronically.Of course, in order to ensure the enforceability of any contract, one should generally consult with an attorney who is familiar with contract law in your jurisdiction and who could recommend a set of best practices for the storage and preservation of any contract stored as an electronic record.