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To be considered a legitimate digital signing, there are a few requirements. The most basic requirement is that the signer's identity is bound to a certificate or other type of identifying credential that can be encrypted and authenticated. A PKI-based digital certificate serves this purpose.

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.

The ESIGN Act: Provides that any law with a requirement for a signature may be satisfied by an electronic signature. Allows electronically executed agreements to be presented as evidence in court.

Documents that are, by law, not allowed to be signed electronically includes: Sales Agreements for land or buildings. Wills. Any document where another type of signature (i.e. non-electronic) has been agreed to. Any document where the law requires another type of signature. Long term lease agreements of 20 years and longer.

The U.S. Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act in 2000 legislated that electronic signatures are legal in every state and U.S. territory where federal law applies. Where federal law does not apply, most U.S. states have adopted the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA).

Virginia law recognizes electronic signatures as valid. Virginia's version of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, which is set forth in Virginia Code Sections 59.1-479 through 59.1-498, provides that an electronic signature will suffice when the law requires a document to be signed.

Your Signature Needs to Be a “Mark” All you need to do is mark it on the document. This mark can be a letter, a wavy twist, a scribble, or an image. As long as it represents you and shows you agree with the content of the document, it's a signature.

§ 59.1-480. (1) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction.

How to create a digital signature. Click review link and opt to digitally sign. Click the review link and opt to sign PDFs digitally. Select signature source and select name. Sign in and apply a digital signature. Preview signature. Authenticate the signature. Send your signed document.