Digital Signature Licitness for Agreements in United States

How to eSign a document: digital signature licitness for agreements in United States

large part of a lawyer's job is getting people to sign documents whether they're real estate documents or contracts or agreements to dismiss cases or to settle cases it's very important to get people to sign their names to certain things now you should know that there are some documents or some instances where an email signature or an electronic signature is binding in some cases where they can't be used so in terms of forming contracts an electronic signature will be binding even a signature um over email where you just sign your name you print your name out and you intend it to be um an indication of your agreement to a certain set of terms the court will construe that or see that as a binding signature in the same way as if you signed your name on a piece of paper with all the essential terms on that document so be aware of that and be careful when you're doing business via email what you sign your name to now there's other documents that cannot be signed electronically and the most notable ones are a deed you cannot deed property with an electronic signature and a will you cannot sign your will electronically those two still need to be signed in inc and many other important real estate documents also need to be signed in inc mortgages and things such as that the registry of deeds will not record them unless they are physically signed okay so it's important to know what you can sign and what can bind you legally via internet and via email and what can not be done electronically if you have questions please contact me send me a message or send me an email i'd be happy to work with you