Digital contract on iPad vs physical copy

8 years 6 months ago #461139 by MYoung
If I wanted to move from a in hand copy of my contract to something quick and easy clients can sign on my iPad with their finger.  From a legal standpoint, if the contracts are exact with that small exception.   Will they both hold up the same in court?


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8 years 6 months ago #461157 by Screamin Scott
Shouldn't make any difference...

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8 years 6 months ago #461184 by Cory J
That's what Apple is using in their stores, so I'm sure they checked out this from a legal stand point.  


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8 years 6 months ago #461191 by garyrhook
The only reason we can sign things using electronic pads now (at the grocery, the UPS guy, SquareUp credit card transactions, etc) is because a law was enacted a while back (Clinton administration?) that made electronic signatures equivalent to physical signatures. There's no "maybe" about it any longer.


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8 years 6 months ago #461275 by Pettigrew
Yeah, you'll be good with either or

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8 years 6 months ago #461301 by Ruby Grace

Screamin Scott wrote: Shouldn't make any difference...


+1

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8 years 6 months ago #461390 by Stanly
No difference imo

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8 years 6 months ago #461515 by Happy-pixel
iPad Pro goes on sale today, so you can have much larger viewable space to read your contract. 


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8 years 6 months ago #461542 by ThatNikonGuy
NO difference, a signature is a signature


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8 years 6 months ago #461550 by Richard Taylor
Speaking of iPad, did you see that the new Pro only comes in 32GB or 128GB.  So either get not enough or too much.  LOL  


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8 years 6 months ago #461628 by Stanly
iPad sales are going down, will be interesting to see if they recover with the pro

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8 years 6 months ago #461656 by Roger Lang

Stanly wrote: iPad sales are going down, will be interesting to see if they recover with the pro



I saw one yesterday, it's big.  I'm not 100% sold myself.  Might as well get a MacBook 


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8 years 5 months ago #461709 by Colorado Mike
No difference.  That new iPad is bad A$$ i my opinion!  I'm hoping Santa remembers me this year and delivers one.  


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8 years 5 months ago #461764 by Finn
New iPad has finally been given a pen.  Good for those signatures!


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8 years 5 months ago #461776 by stuartsbarbie
Old fashion person in a new fashion world here.  While having them sign on an electronic device, such as an iPad what happens to your contract if something happens to your iPad?  Do you send it to "The Cloud" (which I also hate btw).  I will always be a pen and paper person when it comes to something legal. 


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