Send, sign, and seal documents with evidence designed for Saudi Arabia’s e-transactions law — in Arabic and English. Built for GCC business, with cryptographic evidence on every signature and a bilingual certificate of completion for every document.
The legal basis
Saudi Arabia’s Electronic Transactions Law (Royal Decree M/18 of 2007) gives an electronic signature the same legal effect as a handwritten one when it meets the law’s reliability requirements — Articles 9 and 14. Enforceability depends on the document and the evidence, and some documents are excluded.
The Kingdom’s digital-government stack has grown around it: Nafath for national-identity authentication, certificates from DGA-licensed providers (functions formerly under NCDC), NCA cybersecurity controls, and SAMA rules for the banking sector. A reliable e-signature with strong evidence is generally recognised for most commercial documents — contracts, offers, HR paperwork, procurement — while some uses need a certificate from a DGA-licensed provider.
SahlSign delivers that evidence on every envelope: signer verification by one-time code (OTP), a tamper-evident hash-chained audit trail, a PAdES digital seal, an RFC 3161 trusted timestamp, and a bilingual completion certificate with the full audit timeline and document hashes.
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Every completion certificate lists each signer, the full audit timeline with timestamps and IP addresses, and the original and signed document hashes, with a QR code to verify it online — evidence your legal team can rely on if a signature is disputed, not a generic checkmark.
True RTL signing ceremony, Arabic typed signatures rendered correctly, and bilingual Arabic/English certificates of completion.
PAdES digital seal, RFC 3161 trusted timestamp, signer verification by one-time code (OTP), and a tamper-evident hash-chained audit trail — verifiable by anyone at our public verify page.
Send by email; signers verify with a one-time code and sign from any device — desktop or phone, Arabic or English.
Offer letters, contracts, and policy packs signed before day one — with reminders and signing order handled for you.
Sequential approvals for POs and framework agreements, with signing order enforced server-side — not by trust.
Side agreements, handover forms, and management contracts signed remotely by all parties.
Close the same day: send, OTP-verify, sign — the sealed PDF and certificate arrive automatically.
Fast-moving giga-project supply chains need same-day contracting across borders — one envelope for every party, wherever they sign from.
Counterparties in Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, or Oman? Everyone signs the same envelope and receives the same sealed certificate.
Yes, for most commercial documents — with exceptions. eSign, e-sign, e-signature, and electronic signature all name the same thing, and it is generally recognised in Saudi Arabia under Royal Decree M/18 (2007). SahlSign is an eSign platform built for the Kingdom: Arabic-first, with a bilingual certificate of completion and full audit trail for every document.
Yes, for most commercial documents — with exceptions. The Electronic Transactions Law (Royal Decree M/18, 2007) gives electronic signatures the same legal effect as handwritten ones when reliability requirements are met (Articles 9 and 14). Enforceability depends on the document and the evidence; some documents are excluded, and some uses need a certificate from a DGA-licensed provider.
Not for most commercial documents. Nafath is a national identity-verification service used for government services and higher-assurance signing. M/18 does not define named signature tiers; for everyday B2B contracts, an e-signature with verified identity and tamper-evident records — what SahlSign produces — is generally recognised. Where a law, regulator or counterparty requires a certificate-based signature, that means a certificate from a DGA-licensed provider (often with Nafath identity verification), which SahlSign does not offer yet.
M/18 excludes matters of personal status, notarised instruments, and certain documents requiring official registration. Regulated sectors add their own rules — SAMA governs banking documents. Ordinary commercial contracts, HR paperwork, and procurement documents are not excluded.
No platform can guarantee a court outcome. SahlSign produces evidence that can support authenticity if challenged: signer verification by one-time code (OTP), a hash-chained tamper-evident audit trail, a PAdES digital seal with RFC 3161 trusted timestamp, and a bilingual completion certificate with the full audit timeline, ready to hand to counsel.
Arabic-first, not translated: a true RTL signing ceremony, Arabic typed signatures rendered correctly in the sealed PDF, and bilingual Arabic/English completion certificates.
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