e-signatures

E-Signature Regulations
USA – Delaware

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? No. Please provide a quick overview of the law, i.e., types of contracts that qualify for use with e-signature. Under the E-SIGN Act, UETA, the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, and Delaware corporate and alternative entity law, the

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E-Signature Regulations
USA – Massachusetts

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? Massachusetts does not maintain such a list. Instead, signature attribution is determined from the context and circumstances surrounding its creation and execution. Please provide a quick overview of the law, i.e., types of contracts that qualify for use with

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E-Signature Regulations
Australia

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? Unlike the EU, there is no legislated or government-endorsed list of trusted e-signature entities in Australia. However, various e-signature technologies are widely used, such as DocuSign. Please provide a quick overview of the law, i.e., types of contracts that

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E-Signature Regulations
Brazil

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? Brazilian government provides a list of trusted entities authorized to issue qualified e-signature, available at https://www.gov.br/iti/pt-br/assuntos/icp-brasil/autoridades-certificadoras. There is also a list of entities authorized to identify/register users of qualified e-signatures, available at https://www.gov.br/iti/pt-br/assuntos/icp-brasil/lista-de-ars. Please provide a quick overview of

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E-Signature Regulations
Canada – Vancouver + British Columbia

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? For the purposes of the ETA, British Columbia does not keep such a list. Please provide a quick overview of the law, i.e., types of contracts that qualify for use with e-signature. Generally, electronic signatures are legally valid in

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E-Signature Regulations
USA – North Carolina

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? No, North Carolina does not maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures. However, electronic notarizations are temporarily permitted due to the COVID-19 pandemic response if a notary performs the notarial act utilizing an electronic signature meeting the

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E-Signature Regulations
Chile

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? This law created special entities named as “certification service providers” who must fulfill certain requirements and conditions to grant electronic signature certificates and allow, as previously indicated, the availability of an advanced electronic signature. Certification service providers requires an

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E-Signature Regulations
Finland

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? List of approved QES-level service providers is maintained by Traficom. There is one approved qualified electronic signature tool: Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s organizational, citizen and professional health care certificates. In real estate registration matters, the only acceptable

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E-Signature Regulations
Poland

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? The list of qualified providers is available on a portal made available by the European Commission. At the national level, the Minister responsible for IT maintains a register of trust service providers. Providers who have been entered in the

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E-Signature Regulations
Thailand

Share: Return to Guides Does your jurisdiction maintain a list of trusted entities to qualify e-signatures? The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (the “ETDA”) which is a government agency created by the ETA, and which is responsible for developing, promoting, and supporting electronic transactions, issues the criteria that must be met for a signature to qualify

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