Are fax confirmations legal?

[slicksilver]

I mean are they admissible in court? Btw, is a thermal fax more legal than a laser fax? Somebody told me that and I wasn't so sure hence the question.

Thanks!

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: rajkanneganti
I mean are they admissible in court? Btw, is a thermal fax more legal than a legal fax? Somebody told me that and I wasn't so sure hence the question.

Thanks!

I wouls say probably not since there is no guarantee the receiving fax machine had paper or ink or was functioning 100% when your fax arrived.

 

[axelfox]

legal fax vs. thermal fax?

 

[FoBoT]

what kind of "confirmation" ?

 

[George P Burdell]

Yet Another "Is This (Il)legal?" Thread :roll:

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Yet Another "Is This (Il)legal?" Thread :roll:

we need an internet lawyer forum

 

[slicksilver]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
what kind of "confirmation" ?

That it has been sent.

 

[slicksilver]

Corrected the mistake. I meant laser fax.

 

[Captante]

In genral a fax is considered to be a legal document in the sense that a faxed signature is binding on some contracts (as opposed to an e-mail for example) however we would need more specific information regarding the circumstances involved in order to answer this question.

I've never heard anything about the method used to print out a fax having any bearing, although thermal faxs are often much harder to read.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I spoke to a patrol sargeant about fax confirmations, and he said that there is no legal precidence for their appearance in court (no standard), and it would be rather easily argued in court that the document could be falsified, so he did not believe it could be used in court.

No idea about if one is more legal than another depending upon how they are printed, but it's kind of a moot point.

 

[rml]

http://www.writing-world.com/rights/contracts.shtml

but some people claimed that sending fax is actually using the phone line and should consider as a verbal agreement.

So, it has no absolute answer.