Electronic Signatures and QR Verification: Legal Limits to Understand

The legal effect of an electronic agreement depends on the applicable law, transaction and signing process. A signature image or a verification code is not a universal substitute for the requirements of a particular document.

ESIGN and eIDAS are not blanket approval of every app

The US ESIGN Act, 15 USC 7001 generally prevents denying legal effect solely because a record or signature is electronic, while preserving other requirements and specifying conditions for some consumer records.

Under eIDAS Article 25, an electronic signature is not denied legal effect solely for being electronic or not qualified. The explicit equivalence to a handwritten signature applies to a qualified electronic signature. This website does not establish that TrueConsent supplies qualified electronic signatures.

What QR verification does not establish

A record-integrity result is separate from identity, authority, informed agreement and enforceability. TrueConsent helps create, share and verify consent records; it does not determine which legal rules apply to your transaction.

Consult a qualified professional for high-risk, regulated or jurisdiction-specific uses, and review the product terms. This is general information, not legal advice or a complete account of electronic signature law.