With the REALTORS® Conference & EXPO 2009 just around the corner, November 13th – 16th, we wanted to share some commonly asked questions about electronic signature.
1. What does DocuSign Electronic Signature do?
DocuSign enables you to electronically send, sign, and manage your real estate and broker forms with confidence. You can use your current form creation [...]

What a busy week for electronic signature and DocuSign! With so many new developments, I wanted to quickly highlight the major events happening in electronic signature, in real estate and with DocuSign.
DocuSign Fall Product Release 9

Earlier this week, Tom Gonser, Founder and VP of Product Strategy, shared some exciting new electronic signature features developed by [...]

I wanted to livestream the talk about the “Legality of Electronic Signatures and Real Estate” given by DocuSign’s Chief Legal Officer, Ken Moyle. He gave this talk this afternoon at California Association of Realtors EXPO’s Tech Tuesday. Unfortunately, trying to record and stream video / audio killed my Verizon mobile broadband, so I livetweeted the [...]

Next week, DocuSign will be sharing information about electronic signature at the California Association of Realtors EXPO, or CAR.
E-Signature and real estate work well together – from the time savings and convenience factor to increased customer satisfaction. We look forward to meeting each of you and having further conversations about how esign technology can help [...]

Update: PLEASE READ: Thank you for the overwhelming response to our call to effect change at the FHA. We are happy to announce our cause has now received the attention of the FHA. As DocuSign continues to work in conjunction with ESRA, we now ask that you forward your emails to ESRA. ESRA will be sure to [...]

While many conversations about electronic signature and electronic contract execution take place in the real estate industry, other industries also have questions about ESIGN and how DocuSign can help them go paperless. DocuSign can be used for almost anything, including SEC-regulated transactions such as accredited investor statements and agreements to purchase stocks, including penny stocks.
About those [...]

Since DocuSign began participating in online conversations about electronic signatures and online contract execution, we’ve noticed that misperceptions exist regarding whether or not various groups approved the use of digital signature and electronic contracts or records. We recently published a piece discussing FHA and lender acceptance of electronic signature, and we also heard rumors that [...]

Ken Moyle, DocuSign’s Chief Legal Officer, recently taught an online CLE (Continuing Legal Education) class, E-Commerce 2009: The State of the Law of Electronic Signatures and Records.
In addition to his role at DocuSign, Ken also serves as the Chairman of the Public Policy Committee for the Electronic Signature and Records Association (ESRA) of Washington [...]

Background:
Nine years ago, the federal ESIGN Act passed through the legislative process to become national law. However, some federal and state agencies have been slow to adopt rules and guidelines consistent with ESIGN’s intent to remove barriers to e-commerce. Among these is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), resulting in [...]

Adequate auditing and sealing technologies make determining the authenticity of an electronic copy of an electronic record easy. Electronic copies of DocuSign transactions are digitally signed to ensure the integrity of versions of the electronic records that exist outside of the DocuSign system.
Like their paper counterparts, however, electronic records pose authenticity challenges when they are [...]