Ensuring Online Signature Legality for Hold Harmless in the United States

How to eSign a document: online signature legality for Hold Harmless in United States

don't worry i'm harmless but don't hold it against me get it hold harmless no [Music] in this video we will briefly explain hold harmless language what it is and what it does hold harmless language transfers the obligations from one party to another to absolve one or both from liability that may arise from services work and or the nature of the contract basically it says that one or multiple parties are blameless and will not be held liable it is a statement that can be added to a contract when the service being retained involves risks that the business does not want to be held responsible for legally or financially hold harmless clauses can be unilateral where one party agrees not to hold another party liable for injuries or damages or it can go both ways so both parties agree not to hold each other liable if you agree to sign a hold harmless agreement you are accepting responsibility for certain risks involved in a job or service when preparing hold harmless language be sure to review and include name of indemnified party to be held harmless name of indemnitor the party offering protection category of protection provided and date range wherein an agreement is active beware the actual hold harmless language that is added to the contract is extremely important and it should be discussed with your risk management team and your legal counsel thank you for watching ciao for now