§ 54.419   Validity of electronic signatures.

   (a) For the purposes of this subpart, an electronic signature, defined by
   the  Electronic  Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, as an
   electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated
   with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the
   intent to sign the record, has the same legal effect as a written signature.

   (b) For the purposes of this subpart, an electronic record, defined by the
   Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act as a contract or
   other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by
   electronic means, constitutes a record.

   [ 77 FR 12974 , Mar. 2, 2012]

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