In an automated transaction:
(1) a contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if an individual was not aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements;
(2) a contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance; and
(3) the terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to it.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 279, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 26 - Notaries Public and Acknowledgements
Chapter 6 - Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
Section 26-6-10. Short title; purpose.
Section 26-6-40. Prospective application of chapter.
Section 26-6-50. Agreement of parties to conduct transactions by electronic means.
Section 26-6-60. Construction and application.
Section 26-6-70. Legality of electronic contracts, records, and signatures.
Section 26-6-110. Satisfying requirement that signature or record be notarized.
Section 26-6-120. Satisfying law requiring a record to be maintained; checks.
Section 26-6-130. Admissibility as evidence.
Section 26-6-140. Automated transactions; formation of contract.
Section 26-6-150. When electronic record sent and received.
Section 26-6-170. Creation and retention of electronic records by government agencies.
Section 26-6-190. Development of standards and procedures; service of process.
Section 26-6-195. Service of process to e-mail address by government agency.