NAC720.180. Purposes of chapter.

The purposes of this chapter are to:

     1. Ensure that electronic messages with digital signatures are not denied legal recognition solely because they are in electronic form;

     2. Facilitate commerce by means of reliable electronic messages;

     3. Establish procedures for the use of digital signatures for official public business;

     4. Provide persons who engage in commerce or official public business with reasonable assurance of the integrity and authenticity of electronic messages with digital signatures and that those messages will not be repudiated;

     5. Provide a mechanism for the licensing of certification authorities and the recognition of repositories;

     6. Minimize the incidence of forged digital signatures and fraud in electronic commerce;

     7. Provide for the legal implementation of technical standards relating to electronic messages with digital signatures; and

     8. Coordinate, with other states and jurisdictions, the establishment of uniform provisions regarding the authentication and reliability of electronic messages.

     (Added to NAC by Sec’y of State by R155-98, eff. 12-2-99)