Is an email a legal binding agreement?
Question Details: I sent a settlement agreement to a debt collector and they responded in an email stating they agreed with the settlement. Is their email response legally binding? They did not sign the settlement agreement.
Cameron Norris, Esq. / Law Office Of Gary W. Norris
Answered 8 months ago
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It depends. Some types of contracts need to be in a signed writing in order to be valid. An email is a writing, but must be signed. If the person with authority signed their name on the bottom of the email, then it would probably hold up in court as a valid signed writing.
That said, I would ask that they sign the agreement and scan it/fax it back to you. I wouldn't just accept the email.
Best of luck.
