Collect Electronic Signatures: Announcing E-Signatures for Forms

It’s 2022, and we’re still killing trees, printing contracts, signing them with pen, scanning, and emailing  them. If your form requires an online signature, you don’t need to waste any more time scanning and emailing. With Jotform Sign, you can add an e-signature element to your form and ask your users to sign the form.

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Jotform Sign works on iPads, iPhones, and Android phones. You can create legally binding documentation in just a few minutes from your mobile device. All you have to do is use your finger to drag and drop the Signature element into your document, enter your signer details, and then send it out from your device. Plus, Jotform Sign already works within Jotform’s ecosystem of products, so you don’t have to pay for another expensive subscription service.  

What kinds of forms need e-signatures?

E-signatures can be used on contracts, application forms, registration forms, online petitions, terms of service agreements, nondisclosure agreements, incident reports, and human resources forms. Luckily, Jotform Sign offers all these documents and more in template form. When you use Jotform Sign, you have hundreds of templates at your disposal, so the process to create legally binding documentation takes only a few clicks.

The Smooth Signature widget is still available as well and is located in the Jotform Form Widgets gallery. You don’t have to stop using your favorite e-sign application, but you can now use Jotform Sign to create documents, send them out to signers, and gather legally binding signatures all in one app!

How to use the E-signature widget

Simply add the Signature field to your form. It’s located under Basic Elements in the Form Builder.

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You can also use our DocuSign or Adobe Sign integrations, which are listed under the Widgets tab.

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There’s no difference between a Jotform Sign document that has been signed and submitted and a form that has been signed on paper and emailed  to you.

Using Jotform Sign is simple. All you have to do is upload an existing PDF into the Jotform Sign Builder or use one of the many Jotform Sign templates. 

If you upload a document, Jotform Sign can automatically detect any fillable fields. You can also drag and drop fillable fields into your document.

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When you’re ready to send the document to signers, add your signers’ emails in the Send tab. The process is simple and easy. 

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Legally binding

Jotform Sign is E-sign and UETA compliant and is legally binding in a great many countries, including the U.S. However, we still recommend consulting with your lawyer.

Jotform Sign provides an audit trail of every document you request signatures for, so maintaining records is completely automated. 

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AS ALWAYS, CONSULT AN ATTORNEY BEFORE RELYING ON ANY FORM CONTRACT OR  CONTRACT TEMPLATE. THE CONTENT ABOVE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

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This article is originally published on Feb 21, 2013, and updated on Jan 25, 2023.
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Aytekin Tank is the founder and CEO of Jotform and the author of Automate Your Busywork. A developer by trade but a storyteller by heart, he writes about his journey as an entrepreneur and shares advice for other startups. He loves to hear from Jotform users. You can reach Aytekin from his official website aytekintank.com.

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Create documents and collect e-signatures with Jotform Sign.

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