Title 12A, Title 12A — Uniform Commercial Code

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 to the p…

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 information requir…

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 first ge…

ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form. Added by Laws 2000, c. 372, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.

AUTOMATED TRANSACTION 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 agreements. …

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 uses for…

TRANSFERABLE RECORDS (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 (2) the i…

conversion of written records by governmental agencies. CREATION AND RETENTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND CONVERSION OF WRITTEN RECORDS BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES Each governmental agency of this state, in cooperation with the Archives and Records Commission, shall determine whether…

governmental agencies. ACCEPTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of Section 12 of this act, each governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will send an…

INTEROPERABILITY A governmental agency of this state which adopts standards pursuant to Section 18 of this act may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other states and the federal gove…

agencies. WAIVER OF INFORMATION TRANSACTION LAWS BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (d) of Section 8 of this act, a governmental agency may waive the requirements of state law governing (i) the method of posting or display of a record or information, (ii…

(a) No person, other than a state agency, board, or commission, shall act as a registered certification authority in this state until such person: (1) Registers with the Secretary on forms approved and provided by the Secretary; (2) Files with the Secretary a good and sufficient …