Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA)
The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) specifically states that its purpose is to “remove barriers to electronic commerce by validating” electronic contracts.
- adopted by 47 states
- created by NCCUSL in 1999
- covers business and commercial transactions
- not private ones
- purpose is to legitimize online contracts
- states that electronic record satisfies any common law requirement that a contract be in writing
- Statute of Frauds
- states an electronic signature is equal to a handwritten signature
- Under the UETA, an electronic signature is “an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the electronic record.”
- E.g., clicking an “i agree” button counts
- Under the UETA, an electronic signature is “an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the electronic record.”