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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 12. ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS

10-12-7. Legal effect of electronic records or signatures.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A record or signature shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.#

  2. (b)

    A contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.#

  3. (c)

    If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record shall satisfy the law.#

  4. (d)

    If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature shall satisfy the law.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 10-12-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 698, § 1/HB 126.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t10-(v8)-2024-pdf.pdf, Volume V8, 2024 edition, pages 1315 to 1316; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 7afbade16da7.