Posted by John Merchant on May 30, 2005 at 11:22:15:
ANY contract that has to be “in writing”, except for those requiring notary’s acknowledgement, can be created either in actual writing, on paper, or electronically by email,fax or voice recording.
emails forming r/e contracts - Posted by david hector
Posted by david hector on April 22, 2005 at 20:12:09:
Any court cases and/or other legal authority showing emails (or other writings without signature) can form or help form a legally binding contract to sell real estate?
UETA statutes - Posted by John Merchant
Posted by John Merchant on April 25, 2005 at 15:00:11:
Uniform Electronic Transaction Acts have now been enacted in most states.
UETA statutes say, in effect, that email and fax communications are same as “in writing” so whatever agreement you or I might get in email or fax correspondence , is a written agreement, same as if you & the other guy signs a written document spelling out the agreement.
If you’ll check one of the big search engines for UETA you can get into the topic and see what states have now enacted that legislation…and get the statutory citation and numbers so you can find and read your state’s version of the UETA.
Each state enacting a Uniform Act will enact its own version so you’ll need to read yours to see what it does say and includes.
Re: emails w/o signatures creating land contract - Posted by David Hector
Posted by David Hector on May 29, 2005 at 22:08:54:
When can emails without signatures create a legally binding contract to sell real estate? Need court cases showing emails without signatures along with other corroborative evidence or facts (e.g. justifiable reliance, etc.) create a legally binding contract to sell real estate?