2007 Minnesota Statutes

325L.02 DEFINITIONS.
In this chapter:
(a) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or
inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of
agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction.
(b) "Automated transaction" means a transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in
part, by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts or records of one or both parties
are not reviewed by an individual in the ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under
an existing contract, or fulfilling an obligation required by the transaction.
(c) "Computer program" means a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or
indirectly in an information processing system in order to bring about a certain result.
(d) "Contract" means the total legal obligation resulting from the parties' agreement as
affected by this chapter and other applicable law.
(e) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless,
optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(f) "Electronic agent" means a computer program or an electronic or other automated means
used independently to initiate an action or respond to electronic records or performances, in whole
or in part, without review or action by an individual.
(g) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or
stored by electronic means.
(h) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or
logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign
the record.
(i) "Governmental agency" means an executive, legislative, or judicial agency, department,
board, commission, authority, institution, or instrumentality of the federal government or of a
state or of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of a state.
(j) "Information" means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software,
databases, or the like.
(k) "Information processing system" means an electronic system for creating, generating,
sending, receiving, storing, displaying, or processing information.
(l) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or
any other legal or commercial entity.
(m) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an
electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(n) "Security procedure" means a procedure employed for the purpose of verifying that an
electronic signature, record, or performance is that of a specific person or for detecting changes
or errors in the information in an electronic record. The term includes a procedure that requires
the use of algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers, encryption, or callback or
other acknowledgment procedures.
(o) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States. The term includes an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan native village, which is
recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state.
(p) "Transaction" means an action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons
relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs.
History: 2000 c 371 s 2