§39-6-1. Short Title
This article may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.
This article may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
This article modifies, limits and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U. S. C. Section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U. S. C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of […]
In this article: (1) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities.
This article applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section four of this article and is first published electronically on or after the effective date of this article.
(a) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall: (1) Designate the electronic record as official; and
An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section four of this article shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the user from the publisher is unaltered from the […]
(a) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under section five of this article is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. (b) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this article, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the […]
(a) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under section four shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic. (b) If legal material is preserved under subsection (a) in an electronic record, […]
An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is required to be preserved under section seven of this article shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis at no cost.
In implementing this article, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider: (1) Standards and practices of other jurisdictions;