7-9A-1. Definitions.
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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.