Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
Illinois · Business Transactions · §§ 815-333-1 to 815-333-99 · 40 sections
Overview
The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act governs the use of electronic records and electronic signatures in transactions, including transactions involving governmental agencies. Its core rule is that a record, signature, or contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is electronic, and it applies only where the parties have agreed to conduct the transaction by electronic means, with most of its provisions subject to variation by agreement. Around that rule it supplies the operating mechanics: how an electronic record or signature is attributed to a person, how changes and errors are resolved, when electronic form satisfies requirements for writing, notarization, retention of originals, and admissibility in evidence, how contracts formed by automated electronic agents are treated, when a record counts as sent and received, transferable records, and how governmental agencies create, convert, accept, and distribute electronic records.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- 815 ILCS 333/1Short title
- 815 ILCS 333/10Effect of change or error
- 815 ILCS 333/11Notarization and acknowledgment
- 815 ILCS 333/12Retention of electronic records; originals
- 815 ILCS 333/13Admissibility in evidence
- 815 ILCS 333/14Automated transaction
- 815 ILCS 333/15Time and place of sending and receipt
- 815 ILCS 333/16Transferable records
- 815 ILCS 333/17Creation and retention of electronic records and conversion of written records by governmental agencies
- 815 ILCS 333/18Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies
- 815 ILCS 333/19Interoperability
- 815 ILCS 333/2Definitions
- 815 ILCS 333/20Severability clause
- 815 ILCS 333/20.5Exemption to preemption by federal electronic signatures Act
- 815 ILCS 333/20.70(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.71(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.72(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.74(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.75(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.76(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.77(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.78(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.79(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.80(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.81(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.82(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.83(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.84(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.85(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.86(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
- 815 ILCS 333/20.87The Electronic Commerce Security Act is repealed
- 815 ILCS 333/20.88The State Comptroller Act is amended by repealing Section 14.01
- 815 ILCS 333/3Scope
- 815 ILCS 333/4Prospective application
- 815 ILCS 333/5Use of electronic records and electronic signatures; variation by agreement
- 815 ILCS 333/6Construction and application
- 815 ILCS 333/7Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts
- 815 ILCS 333/8Provision of information in writing; presentation of records
- 815 ILCS 333/9Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature
- 815 ILCS 333/99Effective date
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Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wyoming
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