Recognition is near-universal — that part is settled. The questions worth asking are what evidence you can produce if a signature is challenged, and which document types your jurisdiction excludes.
116
countries listed
6
legal families
0
figures without a source
Electronic signature law is not written afresh in every country. Most jurisdictions are a variation on one of six frameworks — and eIDAS alone is a single Regulation applying directly in thirty of them.
Coverage figures in this market are widely repeated and rarely sourced. Each number below has a published table behind it and links straight to it — follow any of them.
UNCITRAL counts 88 States but 171 jurisdictions — the larger figure includes sub-national units such as US states and Canadian provinces. This guide counts countries, which is why its total is lower than numbers you may see elsewhere.
Most guides are quiet about the last row. It is the one that tells you whether to trust the others.
Simple electronic signature
Every plan
Recorded intent and consent, a complete audit trail, and cryptographic proof embedded in the signed document that anyone can verify offline.
Advanced Electronic Signature
Enterprise, enabled per workspace
Each signer's identity is recorded as evidence rather than asserted: the sender attests to who they are, the signer enters a one-time code sent separately from the signing link, and accepts signing terms whose exact wording is hashed with the record.
Qualified Electronic Signature
Not offered
A QES requires a qualified certificate from a trust service provider on an EU Trusted List, together with a qualified signature creation device. SignForge is not a qualified trust service provider and does not issue them.
These describe our product tiers generally. Whether a given tier satisfies a particular jurisdiction’s requirements depends on that jurisdiction’s law and on the transaction — see the note at the foot of this page.
General information — not legal advice
This page summarizes electronic signature legislation drawn from primary legal sources and international bodies including UNCITRAL and UNCTAD. It is not legal advice and creates no solicitor–client or attorney–client relationship. Laws change, and how they apply depends on the transaction, the parties, and the document type. Before relying on electronic signatures for a regulated, high-value, or cross-border transaction — or for any document type listed as excluded — take advice from qualified counsel in the jurisdiction whose law governs that transaction. That is a separate question from the governing law of your agreement with SignForge, which is set out in our Terms of Service.
Last reviewed: 10 August 2026