NAC720.530. Private key: Promises and property right of subscriber.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, by accepting a certificate, the subscriber identified in the certificate promises to exercise reasonable care to retain control of the corresponding private key and prevent its disclosure to any person who is not authorized to create the digital signature of the subscriber until:

     (a) The expiration of the certificate;

     (b) Notice of the revocation of the certificate is published pursuant to NAC 720.600; or

     (c) One business day after the subscriber has submitted to the certification authority who issued the certificate a written request for the revocation of the certificate and such evidence as is reasonably sufficient to confirm that the person requesting the revocation is the subscriber or an agent of the subscriber who is authorized to make the request,

Ê whichever occurs first.

     2. By accepting a transactional certificate, the subscriber identified in the certificate promises to exercise reasonable care to retain control of the corresponding private key and prevent its disclosure to any person who is not authorized to create the digital signature of the subscriber until:

     (a) The expiration of the certificate; or

     (b) Notice of the revocation of the certificate is published pursuant to NAC 720.600,

Ê whichever occurs first.

     3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 may not be waived, disclaimed or otherwise limited by agreement.

     4. A private key is the personal property of the subscriber who rightfully holds the private key.

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