Iowa Code § 554D.101
Short title
This subchapter may be cited as the “Uniform Electronic Transactions Act”.
Iowa Code Chapter 554D — Electronic Transactions — Computer Agreements
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Provisions
Iowa Code § 554D.103
Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “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.…
Iowa Code § 554D.104
Scope
1. Except as provided in subsection 2, this chapter applies to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction. 2. This chapter does not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by any of the following: a. A law governing the creation or execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary tr…
Iowa Code § 554D.106
Use of electronic records and electronic signatures — variation by agreement
1. This chapter does 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. 2. This chapter applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic mea…
Iowa Code § 554D.107
Construction and application
This chapter shall be construed and applied as follows: 1. To facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law. 2. To be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices. 3. To effectuate its general purpose to make unifor…
Iowa Code § 554D.108
Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts
1. A record or signature shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. 2. A contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation. 3. If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisf…
Iowa Code § 554D.110
Provision of information in writing — presentation of records
1. If 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 in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the t…
Iowa Code § 554D.111
Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature
1. 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 was attribut…
Iowa Code § 554D.112
Effect of change or error
If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules 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 party…
Iowa Code § 554D.113
Notarization and acknowledgment
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…
Iowa Code § 554D.114
Retention of electronic records — originals
1. If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which does both of the following: a. Accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or other…
Iowa Code § 554D.115
Admissibility in evidence
In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature shall not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.
Iowa Code § 554D.116
Automated transaction
In an automated transaction, the following rules apply: 1. 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. 2. A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic…
Iowa Code § 554D.117
Time and place of sending and receipt
1. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when all of the following occur: a. The electronic 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 electron…
Iowa Code § 554D.118
Transferable records
1. For purposes of this section, “transferable record” means an electronic record that satisfies both of the following: a. The electronic record would be a note under chapter 554, article 3, or a document under chapter 554, article 7, if the electronic record were in writing. b. The issuer of the electronic record expr…
Iowa Code § 554D.119
Creation and retention of electronic records and conversion of written records by governmental agencies
A governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the governmental agency will create and retain electronic records and convert written records to electronic records.
Iowa Code § 554D.120
Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies
1. Except as otherwise provided in section 554D.114, subsection 6, a governmental agency of this state other than a state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution, shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the governmental agency will send and accept electronic records a…
Iowa Code § 554D.121
Interoperability
The standards adopted pursuant to section 554D.120 should encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by another governmental agency and nongovernmental persons interacting with governmental agencies of this state. If appropriate, such standards may specify differing levels…
Iowa Code § 554D.124
Severability
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, to this end, the provisions of this chapter are severab…
Iowa Code § 554D.125
Computer information agreements
A choice of law provision in a computer information agreement which provides that the contract is to be interpreted pursuant to the laws of a state that has enacted the uniform computer information transactions Act, as proposed by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, or any substantially simi…