LegalNovice777
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- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
I am in the process of hiring a lawn care company to do some work on my yard. The owner of the lawn care company emailed me a contract in pdf form with what looks like an electronic signature (aka e-signature). On the signature line, there is his name typed with a script-like font. How can I be sure that this signature is a real, verified, legal electronic signature and not just a name he typed with a script font?
Also, in the only experience I have had with electronic signatures, I and another party both were taken to an online service where we both went through a few steps to add our electronic signatures to the contract. But the lawn care guy sent the contract to me without involving me at all in the process. Is that something that can be done legally?
And if it can be done legally, what should I do? I don't have a way to create a legal e-signature on my own, apart from someone else's online service (which, like I said, I have done before). Can I just print the contract and manually sign it with a pen and then re-copy it to my computer and send it back to him?
Thanks.
Also, in the only experience I have had with electronic signatures, I and another party both were taken to an online service where we both went through a few steps to add our electronic signatures to the contract. But the lawn care guy sent the contract to me without involving me at all in the process. Is that something that can be done legally?
And if it can be done legally, what should I do? I don't have a way to create a legal e-signature on my own, apart from someone else's online service (which, like I said, I have done before). Can I just print the contract and manually sign it with a pen and then re-copy it to my computer and send it back to him?
Thanks.