7-9A-1. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Document," any information that is:

(a) Inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and

(b) Eligible to be recorded in the public records maintained by the register of deeds;

(2) "Electronic," relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities;

(3) "Electronic document," a document that is received by the register of deeds in an electronic form;

(4) "Electronic recording commission" and "commission," the commission established in § 7-9A-4;

(5) "Electronic signature," an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent of affixing a signature on the document;

(6) "Paper document," a document that is received by the register of deeds in a form that is not electronic;

(7) "Person," an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;

(8) "Register of deeds," the county register of deeds for the county in which a document is received;

(9) "State," 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.Source: SL 2014, ch 47, § 1.