Does WeChat chat have legal effect?

At present, there are various forms of evidence recognized by the court, and the probative power of all kinds of evidence varies greatly. So, does the WeChat chat record have legal effect? In order to answer this question, Bian Xiao will give you the corresponding answer for your reference and study. I hope the following answers are helpful to you.

1. Does the WeChat chat record have legal effect?

Wechat chat records have legal effect.

According to relevant regulations, although WeChat chat records are not clearly listed, they can still be identified as "information formed or stored in electronic media".

Electronic data evidence is very important because of its intangible, destructive, diverse and high-tech characteristics. In order to make evidence effective, it should be objective and related to facts, and the means of obtaining evidence should be legal. In order to improve the probative force of the evidence, the parties can really use the notarization institution to notarize the evidence, and this kind of evidence will have legal effect in court later.

"People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law" Article 63 Types of evidence

Evidence includes:

(a) Statements of the parties;

(2) Documentary evidence;

(3) Physical evidence;

(4) Audio-visual materials;

(5) Electronic data;

(6) Testimony of witnesses;

(7) Appraisal opinions;

(8) Records of the inquest. Evidence must be verified before it can be used as a basis for ascertaining facts.

Second, the integrity of WeChat evidence.

This condition is related to the authenticity and relevance of WeChat evidence, because WeChat evidence is a living fragmented record. If it is incomplete, it may be taken out of context and cannot reflect the complete true meaning of the parties.

Due to the lack of clear authentication rules and specialized electronic evidence authentication institutions, some notarization authentication is flawed, which makes it more difficult for the court to authenticate electronic evidence. Therefore, it is an inevitable demand for the development of WeChat evidence to establish a special electronic data evidence appraisal institution and clarify its certification rules.

The Supreme People's Court on revision.

The Decision shall come into force on May 1 day, 2020.

Article 14 Electronic data include the following information and electronic documents:

(1) Information published by web pages, blogs, Weibo and other online platforms;

(2) Communication information of network application services such as short messages, e-mails, instant messaging and communication groups;

(3) User registration information, identity authentication information, electronic transaction records, communication records, login logs and other information;

(four) documents, pictures, audio, video, digital certificates, computer programs and other electronic files;

(5) Other information stored, processed and transmitted in digital form that can prove the facts of the case.

The above is "Does the WeChat chat record have legal effect?" We can know that the WeChat chat record is legally binding, and I hope it will help you.