Discover how Signater ensures full legal security for your documents. Our electronic signatures are legally binding under the U.S. ESIGN Act and UETA, recognized internationally under frameworks such as the EU's eIDAS regulation, and offer the same legal validity as pen on paper, with far more protection and traceability.
Electronic signatures are legally binding across the United States: the federal ESIGN Act and the state-level UETA establish that a signature cannot be denied legal effect solely because it is electronic.
Every document signed through Signater carries a digital signature based on certificates from accredited authorities, in the PAdES standard: authenticity, integrity and tamper evidence embedded in the PDF itself.
Signater signatures travel: the EU's eIDAS regulation and equivalent electronic transaction laws in dozens of countries recognize electronic signatures, and the certificate of completion consolidates the evidence wherever the document needs to stand.
Security
At Signater, documents are protected in layers: TLS with HSTS in transit, AES-256-GCM for secrets at rest and PAdES signatures with sealing embedded in the PDF itself.
Digital sealing means any change to the document, during or after the signing process, is detected on verification — the PDF reader flags the violation.
Every signature is cryptographically bound to the document content through its SHA-256 hash, and the timestamp attests the moment it happened.
With this, we offer complete confidence that your contracts and documents will remain intact and legally protected at every stage.
Digital signatures eliminate the need for travel and physical document shipping, making the signing process much faster.
By adopting digital signatures, your company reduces costs with paper, printing, storage, and document transportation.
Our digital signatures are encrypted and guarantee the integrity and authenticity of documents, protecting against fraud.
By choosing digital signatures, you directly contribute to environmental preservation, reducing paper consumption and promoting more sustainable business practices.
We've compiled the most common questions to help you better understand how our platform works.
Yes, absolutely! The federal ESIGN Act and UETA, adopted by nearly every state, make electronic signatures legally binding across the United States.
What the law asks for is intent to sign, consent to do business electronically, association of the signature with the record, and record retention.
Signater's signing flow covers all four requirements, and the certificate of completion documents them.
An electronic signature is a broad concept that encompasses any form of signature performed by electronic means, including simple methods like clicking to accept terms.
A digital signature, on the other hand, is a specific and more sophisticated category that uses asymmetric cryptography and digital certificates issued by accredited certification authorities.
Digital signatures offer a higher level of security, verifiable authenticity, and presumption of truthfulness, and are recommended for documents of greater legal criticality.
Yes! Digital signatures made through Signater are recognized internationally, complying with the main global legislation:
In the European Union, we align with the eIDAS regulation; equivalent electronic transaction laws exist in dozens of countries.
The certificate of completion consolidates the evidence of the act, ready to stand wherever the document needs to travel.
Yes! You can sign real estate contracts, leases, purchase and sale agreements, and other complex contracts using Signater with full legal security.
Documents that must be recorded or notarized, such as deeds, follow their own formalities, which vary by state.
For higher-stakes contracts, raise the bar per signer with additional identity factors and certificate-based signing.
In the event of a legal dispute, digital and electronic signatures made through Signater are fully admissible as evidence in court.
The ESIGN Act and UETA expressly preserve the legal effect of electronic signatures, and courts routinely accept them as evidence.
Signater maintains complete and immutable audit trails of the entire process, including timestamps, IPs, geolocation, and authentications, which can be presented as forensic evidence.
Yes, extremely safe! Signater uses state-of-the-art security technologies:
AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit, cloud infrastructure with files encrypted at rest and replicated across zones and regions, multi-factor authentication, SHA-256 cryptographic hashes to ensure integrity, and immutable audit trails.
Your documents are protected against fraud, tampering, and unauthorized access with bank-grade technology.
The vast majority of business documents can be signed electronically in the United States: commercial contracts, service agreements, proposals, acceptance terms, powers of attorney, employment offers, HR documents, lease and purchase agreements, NDAs, and many others.
Common exceptions under ESIGN and UETA include wills and codicils, certain family-law documents, court orders and some statutory notices, with requirements varying by state.
We recommend consulting legal counsel for specific and critical cases.
Validity is verified through a robust cryptographic process. For certificate-based signatures, verification validates the certificate's chain of trust, confirms it hasn't been revoked, verifies identity, and ensures the document hasn't been altered.
Signater provides independent verification tools and maintains complete records in audit trails.
Anyone can verify authenticity by accessing the public verification link or validating the digital certificate directly, ensuring full transparency.
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the legal backing of the ESIGN Act, UETA and eIDAS.