NAC720.570. Suspension upon request by appropriate person.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a certification authority shall, within 24 hours after the receipt of all information he or she requires pursuant to this subsection, suspend a certificate the certification authority has issued, for not more than 5 business days, if the suspension is requested by a person whom the certification authority reasonably believes to be an appropriate person. The certification authority is not required to confirm that the person requesting the suspension is an appropriate person, but may require the person to provide evidence, which may include a statement given under oath or affirmation, that the person is an appropriate person.

     2. A person who requests the suspension of a certificate pursuant to subsection 1 shall not misrepresent his or her identity or authority to request the suspension.

     3. The subscriber identified in a certificate may agree with the certification authority who issues the certificate to limit or preclude the suspension of the certificate pursuant to subsection 1, except that such an agreement is effective only if notice of the agreement is published in the certificate or in the certification practice statement of the certification authority.

     4. A certification authority may not suspend a transactional certificate pursuant to this section.

     5. As used in this section, “appropriate person” means the subscriber named in a certificate or a person authorized to act on his or her behalf.

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