According to the investigation of the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in 20021year, 9 1% of the third-level courts in China have fully promoted the application of electronic signatures. Article 90 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), newly revised on June 5438+1 October12022, stipulates that the people's court may, with the consent of the addressee, serve the litigation documents by electronic means that can confirm the receipt.

At this point, the online signing and electronic delivery of legal documents through the application of electronic signature has gradually become one of the important tasks of the digital construction of local courts, which has provided important support for the development of mobile courts and online case handling.

At present, rulings, decisions, subpoenas, judgments, notices, court announcements, conciliation statements, property reporting orders, litigation documents, court transcripts, requests for instructions, etc. can all be signed electronically.

The application of safe, convenient and mobile electronic signature helps the court to effectively solve the problem of signing a large number of case materials and legal documents. Through the advantages of online signing, mobile signing and face-to-face signing, it provides technical support for the popularization of new case-handling modes such as mobile courts and Internet courts.