1. Apply for electronic official seal through public security organs: This is the most routine and traditional way to apply for electronic official seal. Applicants need to fill in the application information online first, and go to the public security organ for examination and approval with the original business license, legal representative ID card and power of attorney. The public security organ shall examine the applicant's materials and issue the electronic official seal after passing the examination.
2. Apply for electronic official seal through signature agency enterprises: This kind of enterprises mainly provide users with signature agency business, which can be applied online on the platform or handled by offline stores. Applicants need to submit business license, legal person ID card, official seal, agent ID card and other materials to the signing agency for handling, and pay a certain fee.
3. Apply for electronic official seal through the third-party electronic contract platform: The third-party electronic contract platform mainly provides electronic contract, electronic document signing and certificate deposit services for enterprises and individuals. Because the signing of electronic contracts needs to involve the use of seals, such platforms also provide users with services to apply for electronic official seals.
Functions of electronic official seal:
1, legal effect: the electronic official seal has been recognized by law and has the same legal effect as the handwritten signature or entity seal. This is mainly because the Electronic Signature Law stipulates that a reliable electronic signature has the same legal effect as a handwritten signature or seal.
2. Easy to use: the electronic official seal does not need to carry a physical seal, nor does it need express delivery or manual errands to sign documents, which greatly saves time and efficiency, and is efficient, fast and safe.
3. Cost saving: the management cost of electronic official seal is low, and the adoption of electronic paperless signature can effectively save various work costs for enterprises, including hidden logistics costs such as paper, contract printing, copying, labor and file data transmission time.
4. Efficient management: the electronic official seal can be conveniently used for contract management, and the inquiry method is more convenient. Compared with the traditional storage and query of paper documents, the management and query of electronic contract documents are very convenient, and a large number of documents can be easily found by inputting file keywords.