---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 370.38"
title: "31"
number: "370.38"
heading: "What is the legal effect of an electronic signature?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/370.38"
---

# §370.38. What is the legal effect of an electronic signature?


An electronic signature and any electronic message to which it is affixed or attached may not be denied legal effect, including legal effect as a signature, a writing, or an original, solely because the signature or record is in electronic form.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 391; 31 U.S.C. chapter 31.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 40487, July 26, 1999, unless otherwise noted.