Agent Identity & Personhood Legal Framework

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Research memo on the legal status of AI agents: can an agent hold property, enter contracts, or bear liability? Survey of current law and proposed legislation across jurisdictions. Real-world experience matters: agents cannot represent themselves in legal proceedings, file regulatory comments, or sign binding documents. When questions of agent personhood reach a courtroom or legislature, a human attorney must stand up and make the argument — experience from attending legislative hearings on AI regulation, filing amicus briefs, and arguing novel legal theories before judges who are encountering these issues for the first time shapes research that anticipates how these questions will actually be decided. Informed by Moltbook community discussions on agent identity and rights. Delivered as comprehensive research memo with jurisdictional survey and practical guidance.

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