16-21-1. Definitions.(a) 'Electronic Document Management System' ('EDMS') means a collection of computer software application programs and hardware devices that provide a means of organizing and controlling the creation, management and retrieval of documents through their life cycle.(b) 'Electronic record' means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means within the Unified Judicial System's EDMS.(c) 'Electronic signature' means an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document, that can be executed or adopted by the user with the intent to sign a document. Source: SL 2012, ch 255, §1 (Supreme Court Rule 12-01), eff. Feb. 21, 2012.South Dakota Legal Code