(A) Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it satisfies all of the following:

(1) The record is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent, and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record.

(2) The record is in a form capable of being processed by the information processing system described in division (A)(1) of this section.

(3) The record enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender, or enters a region of the information processing system designated or used by the recipient that is under the control of the recipient.

(B) Unless otherwise agreed between a sender and the recipient, an electronic record is received when both of the following are satisfied:

(1) The record enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent, and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record.

(2) The record is in a form capable of being processed by the information processing system described in division (B)(1) of this section.

(C) Division (B) of this section applies even if the place the information processing system is located is different from the place the electronic record is deemed to be received under division (D) of this section.

(D)

(1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender's place of business and to be received at the recipient's place of business.

(2) For purposes of division (D)(1) of this section, both of the following apply:

(a) If the sender or recipient has more than one place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction.

(b) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the sender's or recipient's residence, as the case may be.

(E) An electronic record is received under division (B) of this section even if no individual is aware of its receipt.

(F) Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in division (B) of this section establishes that a record was received, but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.

(G)

(1) If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under division (A) of this section, or purportedly received under division (B) of this section, was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law.

(2) Except to the extent permitted by other law, division (G)(1) of this section may not be varied by agreement.

Effective Date: 09-14-2000 .