2006 Minnesota Statutes

325L.18 ACCEPTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS BY
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 325L.12, paragraphs (f) and (g), each
governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will send
and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise
create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic
signatures.
(b) To the extent that a governmental agency uses electronic records and electronic signatures
under paragraph (a), the governmental agency giving due consideration to security, may specify:
(1) the manner and format in which the electronic records must be created, generated, sent,
communicated, received, and stored and the systems established for those purposes;
(2) if electronic records must be signed by electronic means, the type of electronic signature
required, the manner and format in which the electronic signature must be affixed to the electronic
record, and the identity of, or criteria that must be met by, any third party used by a person filing a
document to facilitate the process;
(3) control processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation,
disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality, and auditability of electronic records; and
(4) any other required attributes for electronic records which are specified for corresponding
nonelectronic records or reasonably necessary under the circumstances.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in section 325L.12, paragraph (f), this chapter does not
require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic records or
electronic signatures.
History: 2000 c 371 s 18