Ala. Admin. Code r. 355-20-1-.01
The Alabama Uniform Electronic Transactions Act ("UETA"), Section 8-1A-1 et seq. of the Code of Ala. 1975, enacted in 2002, is intended to facilitate the use of electronic documents in business, commercial, and governmental transactions. The Act promotes but not require the use of electronic signatures and creation of electronic documents. Section 8-1A-18(a) provides that "each government agency of this state with rule-making authority . . . may determine by rule whether, and the extent to which, it will send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures." Section 8-1A-12(a) provides that an electronic record meets other state law requirements for record retention if the electronic record both accurately reflects the original document and is accessible for later reference. Section 8-1A-13 provides that an electronic record may not be excluded from evidence in court solely because it is in electronic form. Section 8-1A-12(g) provides that the State Records Commission is not precluded by the Act from placing additional requirements for record retention on agencies.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 355-20-1-.01
Author: Jacob Harper
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 8-1A-7, 8-1A-12, 8-1A-13, 8-1A-18, 41-4-35.