31 CFR § 370.38 - What is the legal effect of an electronic signature?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s370.38"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 370.38 - What is the legal effect of an electronic signature?"
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "370.38"
section_name: "What is the legal effect of an electronic signature?"
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "370"
part_name: "ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND FUNDS TRANSFERS RELATING TO UNITED STATES SECURITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 391; 31 U.S.C. chapter 31."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 40487, July 26, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "370"
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# 370.38 What is the legal effect of an electronic signature?
An electronic signature and any electronic message to which it is affixed or attached may not be denied legal effect, including legal effect as a signature, a writing, or an original, solely because the signature or record is in electronic form.