Electronic signing for New Zealand businesses
Electronic signing replaces printing, scanning and posting with a simple online flow. Here is how it works with SignAndGo, and the documents most businesses still handle a particular way.
Signing by hand means printing a document, getting it in front of each person, and scanning or posting it back. Electronic signing does the same job online: you upload the document, mark where each person signs, and send it. Everyone signs from their phone, tablet or computer, in their own time, and you can see exactly who has signed and who you are still waiting on.
For most everyday business documents, such as quotes, agreements, engagement letters and consent forms, that is all there is to it. The completed document comes back as a single signed copy, filed with a trail that records who signed and when.
How signing works with SignAndGo
Send in minutes
Upload a document, drop in signature and date fields, add your signers, and send. Reusable templates make the documents you send often take seconds to prepare.
Signed on any device
Your signers do not need an account. They open a secure link and sign on whatever device they have to hand, and you are notified the moment each one is done.
A full signing trail
Every completed document carries a record of who signed and when, so the signed copy stands on its own. For a New Zealand workspace, your documents are stored in Australia, on Google Cloud in Sydney, with sign-in and payments in the United States.
What New Zealand law says
New Zealand's Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 gives electronic signatures legal effect for most commercial documents, provided the method identifies the signatory, shows their approval of the information, and is as reliable as is appropriate for the purpose. Most everyday business documents fall within it.
The Act excludes some documents, which have historically included wills and codicils, enduring powers of attorney, and certain property and land dealings. This is general information, not legal advice; if you are signing something out of the ordinary, check whether it is on the excluded list or speak with your adviser.