Federal law governs, in most cases in New York, when the use of an electronic signature is valid and enforceable. The U.S. Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (also called ESIGN Act) defines an electronic signature as “an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.”
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