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title: "Are emails legally binding?"  
description: "Are emails legally binding?"  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2022-05-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97249/are-emails-legally-binding  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "email"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Are emails legally binding?

Are emails legally [binding](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/232/binding-data-in-listbox-and-get-selected-value-from-listbox-using-java-script)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- Yes, courts will generally regard emails to be **legally binding,** and while there may be some exceptions, it is best to presume that a contract will be legally binding to be safe.
- Contracts have been in some form or another for as long as humans have existed, and email is only one of the newest modes of communication via which a contract can be created. However, because [**email**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97259/how-do-you-transfer-emails-to-a-new-device) is so new, some people may not think of it as a way to finalise contracts, which can lead to awkward situations if a contract is established unwittingly.
- Most people think of contracts as formal agreements put in writing and signed by the parties involved, often with the assistance of lawyers, but the truth is that a contract is simply an agreement between multiple parties concerning the exchange of valuable items, and the physical form of the contract is unimportant.

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