On 4 Jun 96 at 10:33, Ben Holiday wrote:
Florida now recognizes electronic signatures as legal and binding. In other words - its okay to sign it by modem.
The electronic Signature Act of 1996 passed the Legislature unanimously and became law Friday. The law does not specify how an electronic document must be signed, but it probably will mean coding the text and typed signature so they cannot be changed by anyone other than the writer. [..]
I've seen some legal arguments that an email message that reads "Bob, Sounds good--it's a deal. --Alice" can in some circumstances be as binding as an oral contract or a scribbled note, which is not meaningless though not as strong as a legal signed contract. As long as one can show Alice *did* write that, that it referred to a specific deal, etc. etc., it holds some legal weight. But I'm no lawyer, and one should never trust legal advice form Usenet or the c'punks list. Rob. --- No-frills sig. Befriend my mail filter by sending a message with the subject "send help" Key-ID: 5D3F2E99 1996/04/22 wlkngowl@unix.asb.com (root@magneto) AB1F4831 1993/05/10 Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com> Send a message with the subject "send pgp-key" for a copy of my key.