SirFreelancelot
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Jersey
We send contracts to freelancers all over the country, and often outside of it, via e-mail. They print these contracts, sign them, scan them, and e-mail them back to us. Or they sign with their mouse and some sort of program (but technically that isn't considered an "e-signature.") For these to be legally enforceable to we have to prove that these people are who they say they are? Should we be having them scan their driver's licenses or passports to verify who they are? And would it matter since those pictures could easily be manipulated?
My question is what does it take for a contract to be legally enforceable between parties that have never met in person.
We send contracts to freelancers all over the country, and often outside of it, via e-mail. They print these contracts, sign them, scan them, and e-mail them back to us. Or they sign with their mouse and some sort of program (but technically that isn't considered an "e-signature.") For these to be legally enforceable to we have to prove that these people are who they say they are? Should we be having them scan their driver's licenses or passports to verify who they are? And would it matter since those pictures could easily be manipulated?
My question is what does it take for a contract to be legally enforceable between parties that have never met in person.