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Delaware adopted UETA with 72 Del. Laws, c. 457, § 1 (available here)

458 (29 Del. Code 5942) enacted in 1996

This Act allowed the State to accept electronic signatures in documents, accounting and payroll used by the State of Delaware.

25 Delaware Code Chapter 1 (online here)

§ 182. Validity of electronic documents.

(a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or other tangible medium, or be in writing, an electronic document satisfying this subchapter satisfies the law.

(b) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be signed, an electronic signature satisfies the law.

(c) A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal is not required to accompany an electronic signature. (75 Del. Laws, c. 23, § 1.)

Electronic Storage of Public Records

Delaware Code Sec. 502(a) defines Public Records as "any document, book, photographic image, electronic data recording, paper, sound recording or other material regardless of received pursuant to the law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by any officer of employee of this State or any political subdivision thereof."