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Does anyone know how valid digital copies of important documents are? Suppose you have a signed contract, or a bank statement, or a government document. When yo
by orijing 15y ago
Does anyone know how valid digital copies of important documents are? Suppose you have a signed contract, or a bank statement, or a government document. When you need some document for legal purposes (say, to enforce a contract in court), will they be treated to be as valid as paper?
That was my main fear for tossing "important" documents.
- stevelosh 15y agoThe extremely important stuff (tax returns, car title, etc) I scan and keep the originals in a fireproof safe. That way I have the originals if I really need them, but I can still use Spotlight to just look up something quickly. Everything else (pay stubs, utility bills, receipts, etc) I shred.
- jellicle 15y ago99.99% of the time a scanned document is fine. The checks you write are scanned and destroyed. Good luck arguing that the scan is not a valid representation of the original.
- smackfu 15y agoYou produce a scan, they say "that is a fake, here is our copy of what we sent." You produce a paper copy, they can still say that. Maybe it's harder to fake the paper version, maybe it's not.