eSignature laws are the same as handwritten ones

Over 60 international laws* ensure the validity and legal effect of eSignatures

ESIGN Act Sec 106 (US federal law), GPEA Sec 1710 (US federal law), UETA Sec 2 (US state law), eIDAS regulation (European Union), Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Australia), s.7 Electronic Communications Act 2000 (UK), Law of the People’s Republic of China on Electronic Signature (China), PIPEDA (Canadian federal law), among others.

List of countries where eSignatures are legal

An eSignature provides the same legal standing as a handwritten signature as long as it adheres to the requirements of the specific regulation it was created under.

Argentina

Argentina

Chile

Chile

Australia

Australia

Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (ETA)

Guatemala

Guatemala

Iceland

Iceland

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

New Zealand

New Zealand

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (CCLA)

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Denmark

Denmark

Nigeria

Nigeria

Italy

Italy

Greece

Greece

Brazil

Brazil

France

France

Cameroon

Cameroon

Bermuda

Bermuda

Macau

Macau

Malaysia

Malaysia

Canada

Canada

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

Uniform Electronic Commerce Act (UECA)

Latvia

Latvia

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Hungary

Hungary

Belgium

Belgium

China

China

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Ireland

Ireland

Lithuania

Lithuania

Mexico

Mexico

Netherlands

Netherlands

Estonia

Estonia

Indonesia

Indonesia

Japan

Japan

Egypt

Egypt

Germany

Germany

Brunei

Brunei

Austria

Austria

Colombia

Colombia

Ecuador

Ecuador

India

India

Finland

Finland

Israel

Israel

Portugal

Portugal

Vietnam

Vietnam

Romania

Romania

Philippines

Philippines

Scotland

Scotland

Thailand

Thailand

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

South Korea

South Korea

Switzerland

Switzerland

Ukraine

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Federal Decree-Law No. 46 of 2021

Sweden

Sweden

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The Electronic Identification Regulation (EU/910/2014) (2014)

Norway

Norway

Uruguay

Uruguay

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Electronic Transactions Law (ETL)

Peru

Peru

Taiwan

Taiwan

Poland

Poland

South Africa

South Africa

United States

United States

Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA)

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

Turkey

Turkey

Russia

Russia

Singapore

Singapore

Spain

Spain

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