Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

325L.05 USE OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES; VARIATION BY AGREEMENT. (a) This chapter does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form. (…

325L.06 CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION. This chapter must be construed and applied to: (1) facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law; (2) be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of tho…

325L.07 LEGAL RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS, ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, AND ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS. (a) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. (b) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability so…

325L.08 PROVISION OF INFORMATION IN WRITING; PRESENTATION OF RECORDS. (a) If parties have agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the info…

325L.09 ATTRIBUTION AND EFFECT OF ELECTRONIC RECORD AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE. (a) An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any…

325L.10 EFFECT OF CHANGE OR ERROR. If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply: (1) if the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed…

325L.11 NOTARIZATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other informati…

325L.12 RETENTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS; ORIGINALS. (a) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which: (1) accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was…

325L.13 ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE. In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form. History: 2000 c 371 s 13

325L.14 AUTOMATED TRANSACTIONS. In an automated transaction, the following rules apply: (1) a contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and ag…

325L.15 TIME AND PLACE OF SENDING AND RECEIPT. (a) Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it: (1) is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or…

325L.16 TRANSFERABLE RECORD. (a) In this section, "transferable record" means an electronic record that: (1) would be a note under article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code or a document under article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code if the electronic record were in writing; and (…

325L.17 CREATION AND RETENTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND CONVERSION OF WRITTEN RECORDS BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. Each governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will create and retain electronic records and convert written records to el…

325L.18 ACCEPTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 325L.12, paragraphs (f) and (g), each governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will send and accept electr…

325L.19 INTEROPERABILITY. The governmental agency of this state which adopts standards pursuant to section 325L.18 may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other states and the federal …