Sign a document on screen
Sign a form on screen, without a printer or a stamp.
Signing electronically means agreeing to a document on screen — typing your name, or drawing it — while the service records who signed and when.
That record is what gives it weight. Consent forms, insurance and contracts are signed this way every day.
Key points
- Signing electronically means agreeing on screen, with a record kept beside it
- A typed name and a drawn one carry the same weight
What to remember
- The record beside the name is the point of it.
- A signature on screen is a name plus a record.
Try this
Next time a form says print, sign and return, look in the email for a button that says Sign or Review and sign.
Practice: Sign a document on screen. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.