source:
  type: regulation
  id: esign-15usc-7006
  authority: E-SIGN (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C.) § 7006 — Definitions
  description: 'E-SIGN (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C.), §7006 Definitions.
    Captured section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: esign-15usc-7006-full
  canonical_id: esign-15usc-7006-full
  section: 15 U.S.C. §7006
  description: 'Definitions: For purposes of this subchapter: (1) Consumer The term “ consumer ” means an individual
    who obtains, through a transaction , products or services which are used primarily for personal, family, or
    household purposes, and also means the legal representative of such an individual. (2) Electronic The te…'
  type: definition
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: E-SIGN (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C.) § 7006
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/7006
    snapshot_id: 7571a736cebcfbac
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:ff934bb5740bb7b96abc33495b3c2b4cd5a39e5e349abcfa74250b2e379853f2
    paragraph_quote: 'For purposes of this subchapter: (1) Consumer The term “ consumer ” means an individual who
      obtains, through a transaction , products or services which are used primarily for personal, family, or household
      purposes, and also means the legal representative of such an individual. (2) Electronic The term “ electronic
      ” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or
      similar capabilities. (3) Electronic agent The term “ 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 at the time of the action or response. (4) Electronic
      record The term “ electronic record ” means a contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated,
      received, or stored by electronic means. (5) Electronic signature The term “ electronic signature ” means
      an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record
      and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. (6) Federal regulatory agency The
      term “ Federal regulatory agency ” means an agency, as that term is defined in section 552(f) of title 5 .
      (7) Information The term “ information ” means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software,
      databases, or the like. (8) Person The term “ 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. (9) Record The term “ 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. (10) Requirement The term “ requirement ” includes a prohibition. (11) Self-regulatory organization
      The term “ self-regulatory organization ” means an organization or entity that is not a Federal regulatory
      agency or a State, but that is under the supervision of a Federal regulatory agency and is authorized under
      Federal law to adopt and administer rules applicable to its members that are enforced by such organization
      or entity, by a Federal regulatory agency, or by another self-regulatory organization . (12) State The term
      “ State ” includes the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States . (13)
      Transaction The term “ transaction ” means an action or set of actions relating to the conduct of business,
      consumer, or commercial affairs between two or more persons, including any of the following types of conduct—
      (A) the sale, lease, exchange, licensing, or other disposition of (i) personal property, including goods and
      intangibles, (ii) services, and (iii) any combination thereof; and (B) the sale, lease, exchange, or other
      disposition of any interest in real property, or any combination thereof. ( Pub. L. 106–229, title I, § 106
      , June 30, 2000 , 114 Stat. 472 .)'
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 15 U.S.C. §7006 from Cornell LII snapshot 7571a736cebcfbac; body isolated
      between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
