Title 47, Commercial Instruments And Transactions

(1) 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 those practices; and(3) Effectuate its …

(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 solely because an electronic record was used in its formation. (c) If a law requires a record to be …

(a) If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction 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 information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an el…

(a) An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person as if it were the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to whom the electronic…

(1) 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 procedure, but the other…

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 required to be included by other appli…

(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 generated in its final form as an electronic r…

In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.

(1) 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;(2) A contract may b…

(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 the purpose of receiving electronic re…

(a) In this section, “transferable record” means an electronic record that:(1) Would be a note under chapter 3 of this title, or a document under chapter 7 of this title, if the electronic record were in writing; and(2) The issuer of the electronic record expressly has agreed tha…

(a) Except as may otherwise be specifically required or prohibited by applicable law, the information systems council established under § 4-3-5501, shall determine whether, and the extent to which, this state or any of its departments or agencies will create and retain electronic…

(a) Except as may otherwise be specifically required or prohibited by applicable law, and except as otherwise provided in § 47-10-112(f):(1) The information systems council established under § 4-3-5501, shall further determine whether, and the extent to which, this state or any o…

(a) Any local governmental public official including, but not limited to, officials of counties, municipalities, utility districts, other local governmental entities and those offices enumerated under § 8-22-101, implementing an electronic business system that provides for the se…

The information systems council may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other states, and the federal government and nongovernmental persons interacting with governmental agencies of t…

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provision…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter is intended to supercede, to the fullest possible extent, § 101 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, United States Public Law 106-229, as permitted under § 102 of that act. (b) No provision of the…

(1) In any dispute as to the proper construction of one (1) or more sections of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the official comments pertaining to the corresponding sections of the official text, as adopted by the Uniform Law Commission, and as in effect on July 1, 2001…

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Distributed ledger technology” means any distributed ledger protocol and supporting infrastructure, including blockchain, that uses a distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger, whether it be public or private, permissioned or permissi…

(a) A cryptographic signature that is generated and stored through distributed ledger technology is considered to be in an electronic form and to be an electronic signature. (b) A record or contract that is secured through distributed ledger technology is considered to be in an e…