Module 4 · Chapter 10

How to Sign a Contract: Execution and E-Signatures

A contract binds once the right people sign it in the right form. This chapter shows who signs for a company, when a deed is needed, and how to sign on screen.

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In this chapter

  • Why a plain signature block usually beats a deed
  • Who may sign for a company, and when a deed is needed
  • How to sign on screen, and the checks around signing

10.1Signing a contract in one paragraph

Execution is the signing of a contract in a form the law accepts, so that it binds. For most business contracts, a person with authority signs for each company, and nobody else needs to watch. The signature page must match that form. It must also sit on the final version, because a signature binds only the words it was given for.

Key point

Use the simplest form the law allows, and sign only the final version.

Also in this chapter

  1. A signature page from the wrong precedent
  2. Who signs for a company, and when a deed is needed
  3. Signing on screen, and only the final version
  4. The last check: schedules, then the summary
  5. Your job

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