North Carolina General Statutes 66-58.2. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) “Certification authority” means a person authorized by the Secretary to facilitate electronic commerce by vouching for the relationship between a person or public agency and that person’s or public agency’s electronic signature.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 66-58.2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) “Electronic signature” means any identifier or authentication technique attached to or logically associated with an electronic record which is intended by the party using it to have the same force and effect as the party’s manual signature.
(3) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or combination thereof of whatsoever form or character.
(4) “Public agencies” means and includes every public office, public officer or official (State or local, elected or appointed), institution, board, commission, bureau, council, department, authority, or other unit of government of the State or of any county, unit, special district, or other political subdivision of government.
(5) “Secretary” means Secretary of State.
(6) “Transaction” means an electronic transmission of data between a person and a public agency, or between public agencies, including, but not limited to, contracts, filings, and legally operative documents. (1998-127, s. 1.)