Electronic signatures in Antigua and BarbudaBuilt for business
in Antigua and Barbuda.

The Electronic Transactions Act, 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) sets the rules. Section 5 says information is not denied legal effect or validity solely because it is an electronic record, or is referred to but not contained in one. Section 6 says a writing requirement may be met by an electronic record. Section 16 covers formation and validity of contracts by electronic records. Section 21 says the Act is not applied so as to exclude, restrict, or deprive of legal effect any method of creating an electronic signature that satisfies section 22(1) or that otherwise meets an applicable statutory provision, rule of law, or contract. Section 22(1) says that where a signature is required by a statutory provision, rule of law, or contract, the requirement is met for an electronic record if an electronic signature is used that is as reliable and as appropriate for the purpose for which the record was generated or communicated, in all the circumstances, including any relevant agreements. Section 2 defines an electronic signature as an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic record and executed or adopted with the intent to sign. The standard inSigner signature is an electronic signature. Whether it is reliable and appropriate still depends on the document and the law that governs it. inSigner does not decide that question.

Section 22(3) says an electronic signature is reliable for section 22(1) if the means of creating it is, in the context, linked to the signatory and to no other person; was, at the time of signing, under the control of the signatory and of no other person; any later alteration to the signature is detectable; and, where the purpose of the signature requirement is to assure the integrity of the information, any later alteration to that information is detectable. Section 22(4) says subsection (3) does not stop anyone from proving reliability another way, or from proving that a signature is not reliable. Section 23 lets the Minister prescribe methods that satisfy section 22. Section 24 says a person who relies on an electronic signature bears the legal consequences of failing to take reasonable steps to verify its reliability, or, where a certificate supports it, to verify the certificate. Part VII deals with approved information security service providers and certificates. The standard inSigner signature is not a certificate from a provider approved under Part VII. QES for Europe is an Enterprise option and is not an Antigua and Barbuda approved-provider certificate.

Each person signs the fields you placed on the document you sent. The evidence record keeps their name and email or phone, when the document was sent, viewed, and signed, the IP address, the device data, and the authentication used.

Yes. You can download the completed PDF and the evidence record, including a SHA-256 hash of the final file. If a single byte changes, the hash no longer matches. The hash shows whether the final file still matches. It is not a Part VII certificate, and it is not encryption. Section 8 of the Act is about original form when a document must be presented or retained as an original. The hash does not by itself decide that section.

No. Essential and Pro use a simple electronic signature. Part VII of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2006 covers approved information security service providers and certificates. inSigner does not act as a provider approved under that Part and does not issue that certificate. QES for Europe is an Enterprise option, priced separately, and it is not an Antigua and Barbuda approved-provider certificate. It is not on Essential or Pro.

No. Section 3(1) says nothing in the Act applies to the grant of a power of attorney; a trust; a will; any contract for the sale or conveyance of immovable property or any interest in such property; the swearing of affidavits or statutory declarations before a Commissioner of Oaths and notary public; or the authentication of documents if the law specifically requires a physical inspection and comparison with an original that is not in electronic form and has not been reduced to an electronic form whose integrity is unchallenged. Section 14 and section 15 deal with electronic filing with the State and the requirements a public body may specify. inSigner does not act as a notary, does not witness a signature, and does not file a document in a land registry. Your counsel decides the form a document needs.

Not by itself. Section 22 asks whether the signature is as reliable and as appropriate for the purpose. Accepting the electronic process in inSigner records consent to sign that document. It does not, by itself, decide section 22. Section 25(1) says that, in judging whether a certificate or an electronic signature is legally effective, no regard is had to the place where it was issued or to the issuer's place of business. Subsections (2) and (3) let the Minister recognize certain foreign certificates or signatures as equivalent when reliability is at least equivalent to local approval. Subsections (5) and (6) let the parties to a transaction agree on a particular provider, class of certificate, or type of signature. inSigner does not decide those points for you.

No. For the documents you send, you decide the purpose. inSigner does not write your privacy notice and does not make a workflow compliant with Antigua and Barbuda privacy or data protection law. Nubesti handles the account, billing, security, support, and marketing. Do not use the product by default for patient forms, clinical consent, account opening, credit decisions, or KYC. Identity checks are add-ons priced separately. There is no public status page and no uptime percentage. The mobile apps are planned, not a public download.