Signatures Done Electronically
Published on December 3, 2018
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Legally binding online. To sign something through the internet and it is considered as secure as you own handwritten signature just seems like a thing of the future and yet here we are.
I recently needed this for one of my websites to make it simpler for my customer to sign a Release/Waiver . Now I'm pretty new so I was kind of just hoping for an easy plug-in to download. This was not the case.
(Unless I just haven't found it and one of you could point me in the right direction. <-- ^ -->)
So now the research starts.
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The requirements for an electronic signature to be recognized and this is for the United States are split into 4 major sections
- Intent to sign
- Concent to do business electronically
- Assosiation of signature with the record
- Record retention
Basically same as a real signature. Give consent and keep copies of everything.
I was surprised to find out how long we have been signing electronically. The UETA and ESIGN Act was passed into federal law in 2000. Then I thought more about it like going to the grocery store and signing for your credit card with the little Etch A Sketch pad probably counts as electronic. I know I have been doing that for a while now.
But I am specifically looking for the type your name in and check the box signature. I think I may have used this the with the DMV's website or another form of online government access that gave me the idea to add this to my site.
The searching continues because of these what I assume to be computer savvy lawyers that have created this technology don't want to give these lines of code away freely. And I'm sure I'm not alone when I say the budget that I was in pursuit of was a free one.
- HelloSign
- DocuSign
- eSignature
- EverSign
None of these are entirely free. HelloSign comes the closest but they still have you jump through some hoops to make it possible and it's not exactly what I was looking for
Sorry for the anticlimactic ending I did not find the best way to get an electronic signature done for my website. No biggy I have been having people sign those release waivers for years and like they say "If it ain't broke don't fix it".
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