Welcome to the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act (UETA) Program Home Page. Information on this web
site is intended primarily for Colorado state and local
government entities who are currently using electronic
records or electronic signatures in government transactions,
or who plan to do so in the future. Such entities need
to be aware of UETA and how it impacts them, pending rulemaking
under UETA by the Colorado Secretary of State, and the
role of the UETA Team.
These pages also describe
how such government entities can:
Below you will find general information
on the program. To the left are links that will take you
to more specific information.
About
the Act
The Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) was enacted by the
Colorado legislature in 2002 and became effective on May
30, 2002. UETA is based on a uniform
act adopted in 1999 by the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL).
To date, over 45 states have adopted a version of UETA based
on the NCCUSL uniform act.
UETA establishes the legal
equivalence of electronic records and electronic signatures
with paper writings and manually signed signatures, removing
barriers to electronic commerce. In the context of "transactions",
UETA provides that if a law requires a record to be in writing
or if a law requires a signature, an electronic record,
or an electronic signature, respectively, satisfies the
law. ...more
Rulemaking
under the Act
The Secretary of State is granted
broad rulemaking authority under UETA, which requires the
Secretary of State to adopt administrative rules that apply
to all state government entities. ...more
The
UETA Team
In 2004, the Secretary of State established
the UETA Program by hiring staff (the UETA team) charged
with the responsibility to draft the rules to be adopted
by the Secretary of State. The UETA team also serves as
in-house consultants to state and local governments regarding
electronic transactions, electronic records and electronic
signatures. ...more
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