DEFINITIONS. In the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act:

(1) “Document” means information that is:

(A)inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and

(B)eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the county clerk.

(2) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.

(3) “Electronic document” means a document that is received by the county clerk in an electronic form.

(4) “Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. “Electronic signature” includes a digital image or electronic copy of an original signature affixed to an original or certified copy of an original paper document or instrument, provided that the person submitting the digital image or electronic copy of the document or instrument complies with all other requirements, rules or regulations concerning electronic recordings under the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.

(5) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(6) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Added by Laws 2008, c. 295, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 37, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.