Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts
Known as the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
The act spans §§ 47-10-101 to 47-10-202 (25 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Earline Waddle v. Lorene B. Elrod (2012)
Most recently applied in Earline Waddle v. Lorene B. Elrod (April 2012)
Acts 2001, ch. 72, § 7.
A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.
A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.
If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.
If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.