E-Signature Law
Are Electronic Signatures Legal in Texas?
Updated September 22, 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Yes, electronic signatures are legal in Texas. Texas adopted UETA — the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act — via SB 393 in the 77th Legislature, effective January 1, 2002. The law is codified today at Texas Business & Commerce Code Chapter 322, after being recodified there (from its original location, Chapter 43) effective April 1, 2009. The underlying law is over two decades old — only its chapter number changed in 2009, not its substance.
The governing law
Texas Business & Commerce Code, Chapter 322 — the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Two dates matter here: the law itself was enacted in 2001 and took effect January 1, 2002 (originally codified as Chapter 43); it was recodified into its current location, Chapter 322, by the 80th Legislature in 2007, effective April 1, 2009. A source that cites only "2007" or "2009" without this context makes Texas look like a late UETA adopter, which it wasn't — the recodification moved where the law lives in the code, not when it was originally passed.
What Texas excludes
Chapter 322 follows the standard UETA exclusion pattern — wills, codicils, and testamentary trusts, and most Uniform Commercial Code provisions outside the sections UETA itself carves back in. No Texas-specific exclusions beyond the standard UETA model were identified for this page; if that changes, this page will be updated to reflect it.
What this means in practice
For the overwhelming majority of Texas business — service agreements, proposals, NDAs, most contracts between businesses or with consumers — Chapter 322 treats a properly executed electronic signature as fully binding, the standard UETA outcome. The exclusions that do apply (wills, certain UCC transactions) are the same categories that apply nearly everywhere else with UETA in place.
General information, not legal advice for your specific situation. Confirm the current text of Business & Commerce Code Chapter 322 directly, or with an attorney licensed in Texas, before relying on this for anything consequential.