Electronic Records and Signatures Disclosure

This disclosure applies whenever you are asked to complete and sign a document through BranFillable. It is made under the United States federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN) and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) as adopted by the states. Please read it before you sign.

1. Your consent to use electronic records

By continuing past the notice at the start of a document and submitting it, you consent to receive and sign records electronically instead of on paper, and you agree that your electronic signature has the same legal effect as a handwritten one. Your consent covers the document you were sent, anything it incorporates, and the notices related to it.

2. What is recorded when you sign

• The signature you draw or upload, as an image placed into the document;
• The date and time you submitted it;
• The IP address and browser identification of the device you used;
• The answers you gave and the version of the document you were shown.

This record exists so that the organization can prove the document was signed, by whom and when. It is kept with the signed document.

3. What you need to sign electronically

• A current web browser with JavaScript enabled and a connection to the internet;
• A device able to display and, if you wish, download a PDF;
• A screen, mouse, trackpad or touchscreen you can draw a signature on;
• A working email address or phone number, if the organization sent your link that way;
• Enough storage, or a printer, if you want to keep your own copy.

If your browser or device cannot do these things, you may be unable to sign electronically, and should ask the organization for a paper alternative.

4. Your right to a paper copy, and to withdraw consent

You may ask the organization that sent you the document for a paper copy, and you may withdraw your consent to sign electronically at any time before you submit. Both requests go to that organization, not to us — they hold the document and decide how to provide it. They may charge for a paper copy only if they told you so beforehand.

Withdrawing consent does not undo a document you have already signed. It means the organization must find another way to complete the remaining steps with you.

5. Keeping your own copy

A summary of what you submitted is shown to you when you finish. Ask the organization for the completed PDF; they can send it to you. Save or print it while you have it — your link is single-use and expires 24 hours after it is issued, so you cannot return to it afterwards.

6. Updating your contact details, and questions

Tell the organization that sent you the link if your email address or phone number changes; they are the ones who can reach you. For a privacy question about the information you provided, see the Privacy Policy — in particular the section on your rights, which explains why a request goes to the organization first and what we do if you cannot reach them.

7. Scope and limits

Some documents cannot be signed electronically under the law of a particular place — certain wills, family-law instruments, some notices, and anything a law requires to be notarized or witnessed in person. Deciding whether a document may be signed electronically is the responsibility of the organization that sent it to you. Outside the United States, whether an electronic signature is valid depends on local law.