{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-11a-1.2","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 27A-11A-1.2","heading":"Qualification of electronic document as signed document.","body":"If a document is required to be signed pursuant to this chapter in order to be effective, an electronic document qualifies as a signed document:\n(1) Without the person's physical signature, if an entity has an electronic signature system that meets a minimum security standard of two-factor authentication, such as name and password, or biometric identification that is uniquely reconcilable to a single actor and that results in a nonmodifiable document after the electronic signature is affixed, and the document indicates an electronic signature in some manner, such as\n\"s/____________________(name of signer)\"; or\n(2) With the person's physical signature, if the document is optically scanned into the entity's records.\nSource: SL 2012, ch 149, § 28.","path":["TITLE 27A. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS","CHAPTER 27A-11A. HEARINGS PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/27A-11A-1.2","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"1ea19279479b484a2de9f58576b4a943b0c1ba076ea84c0d566130437839e14a","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-11a-1.1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-11a-1.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}