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S.C. Code Ann. § 26-6-140

Automated transactions; formation of contract

Known as the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act

The act spans §§ 26-6-10 to 26-6-90 (21 sections).

2004 Act No. 279, SECTION 1.

In an automated transaction:

(1) a contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if an individual was not aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements;

(2) a contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance; and

(3) the terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to it.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.