Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 1306 · 23 active provisions
As used in sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code:(A) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction.(B)…
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code apply to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction. (B) Sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code do not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by any of the following:…
Sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code apply to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after the effective date of sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code.
(A) Sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code do not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.(B) Sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code apply only to transactions between parties…
Sections 1306.01 to 1306.15 of the Revised Code may be known and cited as the "uniform electronic transactions act" and shall be construed and applied as follows:(A) To facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law;(B) To be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactio…
(A) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.(B) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.(C) If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies…
(A) If the parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention…
(A) An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature is attribut…
(A) If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, both of the following apply:(1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming…
If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically a…
(A) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record if both of the following are satisfied:(1) The electronic record accurately and completely reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its…
In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.
In an automated transaction, all of the following apply:(A) A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements.(B) A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electroni…
(A) Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it satisfies all of the following:(1) The record is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic…
(A) As used in this section, "transferable record" means an electronic record that satisfies both of the following: (1) The transferable record would be a note under Chapter 1303. or a document under Chapter 1307. of the Revised Code, if the electronic record were in writing.(2) The issuer of the electronic record expr…
(A) A provision of a nonelectronic contract involving a consumer and to which a state agency or a county office is not a party that authorizes the conducting of a transaction or any part of a transaction by electronic means is unenforceable against the consumer, unless the consumer separately signs the provision.(B) A…
(A) This section and section 1306.18 of the Revised Code apply to the attribution of electronic records and electronic signatures among parties that are not state agencies.(B) For purposes of this section and section 1306.18 of the Revised Code, the commercial reasonableness of a security procedure is to be determined…
(A) If there is a security procedure between the parties with respect to an electronic signature or electronic record, both of the following apply:(1) The effect of compliance with a security procedure established by a law or regulation is determined by that law or regulation.(2) In all other cases than those described…
Sections 1306.17 and 1306.18 of the Revised Code do not apply to transactions to which a consumer is a party.
(A) Subject to section 1306.11 of the Revised Code, each state agency shall determine if, and the extent to which, it will send and receive electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electr…
(A) With regard to state agency use of electronic records or electronic signatures, the department of administrative services, in consultation with the state archivist, shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code setting forth all of the following:(1) The minimum requirements for the method…
(A) Nothing in sections 1306.01 to 1306.23 of the Revised Code shall be construed to require the general assembly, any legislative agency, the supreme court, the other courts of record in this state, or any judicial agency to use or permit the use of electronic records and electronic signatures.(B) The general assembly…
Records that would disclose or may lead to the disclosure of records or information that would jeopardize the state's continued use or security of any computer or telecommunications devices or services associated with electronic signatures, electronic records, or electronic transactions are not public records for purpo…