Comment by jve
4 years ago
> from better sources like an actual lawyer posting on a foru
Yeah, you're right. Please do not take me as an authority or lawyer on that matters. It's just what I think I know, but I may very well be wrong :)
What I read is that even informational documents are considered in court. However document that bears legal validity, must contain: document name, date, signature (with exceptions) and recipient.
However I did found a relevant quote:
> Section 5. > (1) A document shall be signed in one's own hand. A document of the organization shall be signed by the person whose position is indicated in the document. A personal signature reproduced in a paper document using technical means shall not ensure legal force of the document.
https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/210205-law-on-legal-force-of-d...
But I'm not sure if print->sign->scan qualifies, as the signature itself isn't put there with technical means. But this rules out putting image as a signature on PDF.
This is not talking about e-documents. E-document states that it must be signed with secure electronic signature.
I know Latvian people are reading this too and this document is very helpful in that regard: https://www.tm.gov.lv/lv/media/7605/download
Interesting, thanks for sharing all this!
> Yeah, you're right. Please do not take me as an authority or lawyer on that matters.
Sorry I phrased my previous reply badly. What I meant is generally the two camps on this, that typically one of them seems to speak from a more knowledgeable position/perspective than the other. I did not mean to suggest that you are not knowledgeable!