Non Solicitation And Non Compete Agreement Form
Use a Non solicitation And Non compete Agreement template to make your document workflow more streamlined.
What this agreement does
A Non Solicitation And Non Compete Agreement Form records an employee’s agreement to defined limits on competing activities and soliciting specified customers, employees, or business relationships. The document should identify the parties, restricted conduct, territory or market, duration, effective date, and applicable state-law terms. The employer and employee review the language and sign it, while signNow can route the agreement electronically, capture intent and signer activity, and preserve the completed record with an audit trail. Enforceability depends on applicable state law and the restriction’s wording.
Features that clarify agreement execution
A structured agreement workflow helps employers and employees review defined restrictions, capture signatures, and preserve evidence without losing the document’s approved terms.
Defined restrictions
Define the employee, employer, effective date, restricted activities, customer or employee categories, territory, and duration in one reviewable agreement.
Role-based signing
Route the agreement to the intended employee and employer representatives with assigned fields for signatures, dates, initials, and acknowledgments.
Audit evidence
Preserve the signed agreement alongside timestamps, signer activity, and the completion certificate for organized employment or contract records.
Reusable template
Use a reusable signNow template while keeping approved clauses and required fields consistent across employee agreements.
Remote signing
Collect signatures through desktop or mobile workflows when the parties are not meeting in person.
Protected records
Protect agreement content with encryption, access controls, and compliance features relevant to confidential employment information.
Who uses this agreement
Employers and HR
Employers and human resources teams prepare employee agreements that define restricted solicitation, competitive activity, confidential information, territory, duration, and effective dates before onboarding or role changes.
Legal departments
Legal teams review state-specific restrictions, approve templates, and preserve executed agreements for contract administration, separation review, and potential enforcement proceedings.
Choose workflows that fit your organization
The agreement is useful wherever an organization must document post-employment restrictions, confidential relationships, or limits on customer solicitation.
Solo law practices use reusable agreements to protect client lists and confidential business relationships while retaining attorney-reviewed language for each engagement. Growing service companies use employee-specific restrictions to document customer, territory, and confidential-information terms before onboarding or role changes. Enterprises use controlled templates, delegated sending, and audit trails to manage agreements across departments without losing revision history or access control.
These tasks are executed by both individual contributors and centralized administrators depending on organizational policy and required controls.
Complete the agreement in signNow
Use this sequence to prepare, route, sign, and preserve a non-solicitation and non-compete agreement without recreating its clauses in separate documents.
Upload agreement:
Upload the completed non-solicitation and non-compete agreement. Add fields:
Let signNow detect fields, then add signature and date fields. Send agreement:
Enter employee and employer recipients, then send for signature. Store record:
Store the signed agreement with its audit trail and completion certificate.
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Recommended agreement workflow setup
Use a controlled, auditable configuration for employee agreements containing restricted activities, customer relationships, territories, and confidential business information.
| Setting | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Authentication method | Email verification with SMS OTP |
| Signature type | Typed or drawn electronic signature |
| Audit trail | Capture timestamps, IP, and actions |
| Document retention | Follow state law and litigation holds |
| Encryption | AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 |
Review the agreement audit trail
A signNow audit trail records who handled this agreement, what happened, and when, creating organized evidence for employment-file review or a contract dispute.
Authenticate signer:
Capture timestamps:
Hash document:
Seal record:
Log activity:
Export evidence:
Protect signed agreement records
Encryption:
Transport security:
Security assurance:
Information security:
Electronic signatures:
Privacy controls:
Retain reliable agreement records
Retention for this private employment agreement depends on state law, contract policy, and potential disputes rather than one universal federal schedule. Preserve the signed document and its execution evidence together.
Set a defensible retention policy
Preserve the audit trail with the agreement
Restrict access to sensitive terms
Archive every executed version
Risks of incomplete agreement records
Enforceability dispute
Weak evidence
Court limitation
Choice-of-law conflict
Retention schedule for agreement records
This agreement has no single federal retention period. Apply the governing state law, employment-record policy, and any litigation hold before deleting the signed document or audit trail.
State-law period
Active restriction period
Employment record period
Potential enforcement period
Approved disposition
Prevent privacy and disclosure mistakes
Including a home address, personal phone number, or unnecessary identifiers exposes employee data beyond the agreement’s business purpose. Sending the agreement before documenting electronic consent can weaken evidence that the signer agreed to receive and sign electronically. Leaving broad recipient permissions enabled may let unauthorized staff view compensation, territory, customer, or restricted-activity terms. Using one shared template without controlled revisions can expose outdated restrictions or inconsistent state-law language.
Use the agreement across supported devices
Prepare and sign the Non Solicitation And Non Compete Agreement Form through Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge on Windows 10, Windows 11, or macOS. signNow also provides iOS and Android mobile apps for reviewing and signing agreement records.
Browser support Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge Desktop systems Windows 10, Windows 11, macOS Mobile access iOS and Android signNow apps
Organizations should manage access through approved devices and user roles when agreements contain employee addresses, customer lists, territories, or confidential business terms. Enterprise deployments can evaluate API access, SSO provisioning, and certificate or long-term validation requirements against internal legal and records policies.
Troubleshoot agreement signing and records
Resolve signing, consent, access, plan, and enforceability questions before relying on this agreement in an employment or business dispute.
Upload the agreement as a PDF or supported document, then review signNow’s detected fields. If fields are missing, add signature, date, initials, and acknowledgment fields manually before sending the exact approved version.
Business includes legally binding eSignatures, templates, and audit trails at $8/user/month when billed annually. The agreement can be routed to named recipients and preserved with its completion evidence under an approved records policy.
For consumer-facing electronic records, ESIGN requires disclosure of the right to paper, access to electronic records, and a withdrawal process under 15 U.S.C. §7001(c). Obtain legal review before using this agreement with consumers.
signNow Business Premium includes bulk send at $15/user/month billed annually. Use it only when separately customized agreement copies are appropriate; confirm each employee’s restrictions, territory, duration, and effective date.
Electronic signature law does not decide whether a non-compete or non-solicitation clause is enforceable. Review applicable state law, including UETA or New York ESRA, and obtain counsel for restrictions affecting employees.
Use signNow access controls and delegated sending to limit agreement visibility. Preserve the signed PDF, completion certificate, and audit trail together, then apply the organization’s state-law and litigation-hold retention policy.
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