What people get signed with Sign PDF

NDA

Upload your NDA to Sign PDF, check the signature and date boxes it places for the disclosing and receiving party, add each signer's email and send. In the US, UK, EU and UAE an electronic signature is normally valid for a non-disclosure agreement, which is one of the most commonly e-signed documents there is.

Employment contract

Upload the contract to Sign PDF, confirm the employer and employee signature boxes it places, and send it so the new hire can sign from their phone. Employment contracts are routinely signed electronically in the US, UK and EU; in the UAE the ministry-registered contract is signed through MOHRE's own system, so use Sign PDF there for supplementary terms.

Offer letter

Upload the offer letter to Sign PDF, check the candidate's acceptance signature and date boxes, set an expiry date matching the offer deadline and send. Accepting a job offer by electronic signature is normal and valid in the US, UK, EU and UAE, and it gives you a timestamped record of exactly when the candidate accepted.

Contractor agreement

Upload your contractor agreement to Sign PDF, check the client and contractor signature boxes it places, and send it to the contractor to sign in their browser. An e-signature is normally valid for an independent contractor agreement, including the intellectual property assignment inside it, in the US, UK, EU and UAE.

Freelance contract

Upload your freelance contract to Sign PDF, sign it yourself, then send it to the client to sign from their inbox. An electronic signature is normally valid for a freelance contract, and getting it signed before work starts is the simplest protection a freelancer has against late payment and scope creep.

Tenancy agreement

Upload the tenancy agreement to Sign PDF, check the landlord, tenant and guarantor boxes it places, ask for tenant initials on every page and send. Most residential tenancy agreements can be signed electronically, but a lease that must be made by deed, such as a fixed term of more than three years in England and Wales, needs a witness, and in Dubai the contract must still be registered with Ejari.

Rental agreement

Upload the rental agreement to Sign PDF, confirm the owner and renter signature boxes and any initials, and send it to sign on a phone. Short-term residential rentals, room lets and equipment hire agreements can almost always be signed electronically; the rules that trip people up are notice periods and disclosures, not the signature.

Sales contract

Upload the sales contract to Sign PDF, check the buyer and seller signature boxes, add initials beside price and delivery terms if you want them acknowledged, and send. A contract for the sale of goods can be signed electronically in the US, UK, EU and UAE; sales of land and some regulated consumer deals have extra formalities.

Purchase order

Upload the purchase order to Sign PDF, add your approver and the supplier as signers, set the approver to sign first, and send. A purchase order signed electronically is valid in the US, UK, EU and UAE, and a supplier's signed acknowledgement turns the order into a clear, dated contract on your terms.

Service agreement

Upload your service agreement to Sign PDF, check the provider and customer signature boxes it places, and send it to the customer to sign in the browser. Service agreements, including master services agreements, are ordinary commercial contracts that can be signed electronically in the US, UK, EU and UAE without a witness.

Consulting agreement

Upload the consulting agreement to Sign PDF, check the consultant and client boxes, and send it to sign in the browser. A consulting agreement is an ordinary contract, so an electronic signature is normally valid in the US, UK, EU and UAE with no witness needed.

Partnership agreement

Upload the partnership agreement to Sign PDF, check that a signature box is placed for every partner, ask for initials on each page, and send it so each partner signs from their own inbox. A partnership agreement can normally be signed electronically; if it is drafted as a deed, each signature needs a witness who is physically present.

Shareholder agreement

Upload the shareholder agreement to Sign PDF, check that every shareholder and the company have a signature block, and send it so each signs from their own inbox. Shareholder agreements are usually signed as simple contracts and can be e-signed; if yours is a deed, each signature needs a witness who is physically present.

Loan agreement

Upload the loan agreement to Sign PDF, check the lender, borrower and any guarantor boxes, and send. Private and business loan agreements can usually be signed electronically, but regulated consumer credit, security over property and some guarantees have extra rules, and a loan secured by a mortgage normally goes through a lawyer or notary.

Promissory note

Sign PDF can place the borrower's signature and date on a promissory note and seal the signed PDF, and in many cases that records a valid promise to pay. But promissory notes are negotiable instruments, which the US ESIGN Act and UETA largely exclude and which India's IT Act excludes outright, so an e-signed note may not work as a transferable negotiable instrument; check local law before you rely on one.

Consent form

Upload the consent form to Sign PDF, check the signature, date and checkbox fields it places, and send it to each person to sign on their phone. E-signed consent forms are widely used and valid for activities, data use and many services, but healthcare providers handling protected health information should note that Sign PDF is not HIPAA certified and does not sign business associate agreements.

Liability waiver

Upload your waiver to Sign PDF, check the participant signature, date and initials boxes it places, and send it to sign on a phone before the activity. An electronic signature on a waiver is generally as valid as ink; whether the waiver itself holds up depends on local law, which in many places will not let a business exclude liability for its own negligence causing injury.

Permission slip

Upload the permission slip to Sign PDF, check the parent signature, date and emergency contact boxes, and send it to each parent by email to sign on their phone. An electronic signature is normally fine for a permission slip, which is a record of a parent's consent rather than a formal contract; just check your school or district policy.

Photo release form

Upload your photo or model release to Sign PDF, check the model's signature, date and any guardian boxes, and send it before the shoot so the model signs on their phone. An electronic signature is normally valid for a model release; under the GDPR, though, a person who gave consent can often withdraw it, so a release is not always as permanent as it reads.

Statement of work

Upload the statement of work to Sign PDF, check the client and supplier signature boxes, and send it for sign-off before the project starts. A SOW can be signed electronically like any commercial contract; the point to get right is that it clearly refers to the master agreement it sits under.

Letter of intent

Upload the letter of intent to Sign PDF, check both parties' signature boxes, and send it to sign in the browser. An LOI can be signed electronically like any business letter; the harder question is which parts of it are binding, so say expressly which clauses are and which are not.

Memorandum of understanding

Upload the MOU to Sign PDF, check that every organisation has a signature block, and send it so each signatory signs from their own inbox. A memorandum of understanding can be signed electronically like any other document; whether it is legally binding depends on its wording, not on how it is signed.

Power of attorney

Usually not with an ordinary e-signature tool, Sign PDF included. Powers of attorney normally have to be signed as a deed with a witness, notarised, or made through an official process such as the Office of the Public Guardian in England, and several countries, including India, exclude them from their e-signature laws. Sign PDF suits simple letters of authority and internal authorisations, not a formal power of attorney.

Bill of sale

Upload the bill of sale to Sign PDF, check the buyer and seller signature boxes, and send it so both sign in the browser. A bill of sale for goods can usually be signed electronically, but some US states require a notarised bill of sale for vehicles or boats, and in England 'bill of sale' also has a narrow statutory meaning with strict rules.

Board resolution

Upload the written resolution to Sign PDF, check that every director has a signature and date box, and send it to all of them at once. Written resolutions of directors can be signed electronically in the UK, the US (including under Delaware law) and most other countries, provided the company's articles or bylaws allow written resolutions and the required directors sign.

Settlement agreement

Upload the settlement agreement to Sign PDF, check the boxes for each party and, for a UK employment settlement, the independent adviser's certificate, then send. Settlement agreements can generally be signed electronically; what makes them valid are conditions such as independent legal advice in the UK or the review and revocation periods for older workers in the US.

Change order

Upload the change order to Sign PDF, check the boxes for the owner, contractor and architect or project manager, and send it so each can sign on their phone, even from site. A change order can be signed electronically like the contract it modifies; the important thing is to get it signed before the extra work starts.

Quote approval

Upload your quote or estimate to Sign PDF, check the customer's acceptance signature and date boxes, and send it so they can approve it from their phone. A customer's electronic signature on a quote is valid acceptance in the US, UK, EU and UAE, and it turns the quote into a contract on the terms it states.