As I understand it, it's actually the fact that docusign maintains a record in their database of you signing the document which makes the e-signature verifiable

As I understand it, it's actually the fact that docusign maintains a record in their database of you signing the document which makes the e-signature verifiable. That's what the hash in your docusign PDF refers to, so the signature can be verified, as opposed to _just_ having an image in a PDF. Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-11/subpart-C https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-A...