§  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]