Bill Text: MS SB2855 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Legal signature; conform to Mississippi Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-17 - Approved by Governor [SB2855 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2855-Enrolled.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division A

By: Senator(s) Hopson, Jackson (11th)

Senate Bill 2855

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-3-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM THE DEFINITION OF "WRITTEN" TO THE MISSISSIPPI UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 1-3-61, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     1-3-61.  The term "written," when used in any statute, may include, but is not limited to, printing, engraving, and lithographing. * * *  In all cases where the signature of any person is required by law, it shall always be the proper handwriting of such person, or, in case he be unable to write, his proper mark, unless a different form of legal signature is specified in another statute.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.