1. If it is not signed in the end, is the contract valid?
If the contract is a written contract, only one party signs it and the other party does not sign and seal it, then the contract is invalid.
If the contract is electronic, a confirmation letter must be signed in advance, otherwise the contract will be invalid.
Since it is a contract, it needs to be signed by both parties.
civil law
Article 490 Where the parties conclude a contract in the form of a contract, the contract is formed when the parties sign, seal or fingerprint it. Before signing, sealing or fingerprinting, one party has fulfilled its main obligations, and the contract is established when the other party accepts it.
A contract shall be concluded in written form as stipulated by laws, administrative regulations or agreed by the parties. If the parties do not do this in writing, but one party has fulfilled its main obligations and the other party accepts it, the contract is established.
Article 491 Where the parties conclude a contract by means of letters or data messages, they are letters, data message form contracts and network contracts. It is also required to sign a confirmation letter, and the contract is established when the confirmation letter is signed.
If the information of a commodity or service released by one party through information networks such as the Internet meets the conditions of the offer, the contract is established when the other party successfully selects the commodity or service and submits the order, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
2. What are the conditions for the contract to take effect?
(1) The parties to a contract have corresponding capacity for civil rights and capacity for civil conduct. The parties to a contract must have corresponding capacity for civil rights, capacity for civil conduct and capacity for contracting, so as to become qualified contract subjects. If the subject is unqualified, the contract cannot have legal effect.
(2) the parties' expression of will is true, that is, the actor's expression of will should truly reflect his inner meaning. After the contract is established, it is often difficult to judge whether the parties' expression of will is true from the outside, and the law generally does not take the initiative to intervene. The lack of elements of true expression of will, that is, the expression of will is untrue, does not absolutely lead to the invalidity of the contract.
(3) It does not violate the law or public interests. The contract does not violate the law and public interests. It mainly includes two meanings: first, the content of the contract is legal, that is, the rights and obligations agreed in the terms of the contract and the object it points to, that is, the target. , should comply with the provisions of the law and the requirements of public interest.
To sum up, if the contract is not signed in the end, it means that both parties disagree with the terms of the contract. This contract has no legal effect. For the establishment of the contract, both parties must sign the contract to protect their respective rights and interests. Therefore, when dealing with it, we must follow the provisions of the law and be reasonable and legal.