“No contract is binding if both parties don’t have a copy.
Not an accurate statement of the law, at all.”
I was afraid of that.
Can you tell me what the case is ?
For years I have insisted that any document I sign, must be provided to me as in my copy. We both know how many times you are asked to sign something and then you leave that place and don’t even know what you signed, etc.
One example is when I gave blood, the first and last time. I asked for copies of forms I signed and was told no. That should be illegal.
Thanks for your time in answering.
Many contracts do not have to be in writing at all. (A hot dog vendor has a street cart with a sign that says "Hot Dogs $1." You go over to him and hold up 2 fingers; he hands you two hot dogs. You now owe him $2. That's a contract.)
Even when contracts have to be in writing (every state has something called a "statute of frauds" requiring certain kinds of contracts to be in writing, but the list varies from state to state), all that the law requires is that the person seeking to enforce the contract produce a writing signed by the other party.
If you do sign something, you should insist on getting a copy; I've never heard of anyone refusing that.