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Consent Forms & E-Signatures

Replace paper waivers. Publish a consent form once, parents sign it online for each child, and your club keeps a tamper-evident record with a downloadable certificate.

What You Can Collect

Any form a parent needs to agree to: liability waivers, medical and emergency consent, photo and media consent, code of conduct, travel permission. Every plan, including the free one, includes consent forms and e-signatures.

Creating a Form

Open the Documents tab of your club dashboard and create a form:

  • Title — for example "Photo & Media Consent 2026"
  • Content — paste the form text, or attach your existing PDF or Word file

Once created, the form is shown to the parents in your club, ready to sign.

Put the season or year in the title. When the form changes next season, create a new one and archive the old one.

How Parents Sign

The parent who added the child signs from their dashboard, once per child:

  • Choose which child the signature is for
  • Read the form and tick the agreement box
  • Agree to sign electronically
  • Type their full name to sign

Both the parent and the club can download a signature certificate afterwards.

Why the Record Is Tamper-Evident

Each signature stores an exact copy of the form text the parent saw, a fingerprint (hash) of that text, the typed name, the time and the device details, sealed with a cryptographic signature. If anyone changed the stored record later, the seal would no longer match. Editing a form never alters what earlier parents signed.

Archiving Instead of Deleting

A form that has signatures can't be deleted, so the club never loses its evidence. Archive it instead: it stops being offered to parents, and its signatures stay available. You can unarchive it at any time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are electronic signatures on consent forms valid?

In the US, the ESIGN Act and UETA generally give electronic signatures the same effect as handwritten ones when the signer agrees to sign electronically, which Squad asks for. Check with your league or insurer if they have specific requirements.

Can I use our existing waiver?

Yes. Attach it as a PDF or Word file, or paste its text.

Do both parents need to sign?

No. One signature per child is collected, from the parent who added the child to Squad.