MN HF3187

Allows written statements or documents in civil commitment proceedings to be made under oath or affirmation without notarization if the signer includes a declaration of perjury, execution date, county, signature, address, and telephone number.

Permits electronic documents to qualify as signed documents without physical signatures if the entity uses two-factor authentication (such as name and password) or biometric identification that produces a nonmodifiable document, with the signature indicated as "s/(name)".

Allows electronic documents to qualify as signed documents with physical signatures if optically scanned into the entity's records.

Permits electronically transmitted facsimiles of documents to be filed with the committing court and received as evidence in the same manner and with the same effect as original documents.

Allows committing courts to determine if an entity's electronic signature system provides insufficient assurance of authenticity and may reject it or accept alternative systems.