Also - in many cases, an e-signature doesn’t even have to be an actual graphic of a signature. Checking a box can serve as an e-signature. How often do you make an online payment and click a box to authorize it? Yep, that click is your legal signature authorizing the transaction, the same as your signature on a credit…

Here is a good article that discusses the legality of electronic signatures, from the article: “Federal legislation enacted in 2000, known as the Electronic Signatures in Global and International Commerce act (ESGICA), removed the uncertainty that previously plagued e-contracts.”