Title 9. Civil Code Ancillaries

Code Book III. Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things

Code Title IV. Conventional Obligations or Contracts

Chapter 1. Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act

9:2607     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. 

B. A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.

C. If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law. 

D. If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.

Added by Acts 2001, No. 244, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.