2021 West Virginia Code
Chapter 39A. Electronic Commerce
Article 4. Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
§39A-4-2. Definitions
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below:
(1) "Document" means 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 land records maintained by the clerk of the county commission, herein after "county clerk" or "clerk".
(2) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(3) "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the county clerk in an electronic form.
(4) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(5) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity.
(6) "State" means 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.
