Subdivision 1. Use of trustworthy system. A licensed certification authority or subscriber may use only a trustworthy system:
(1) to issue, suspend, or revoke a certificate;
(2) to publish or give notice of the issuance, suspension, or revocation of a certificate; or
(3) to create a private key.
Subd. 2. Disclosure required. A licensed certification authority shall disclose any material certification practice statement and disclose any fact material to either the reliability of a certificate that it has issued or its ability to perform its services. A certification authority may require a signed, written, and reasonably specific inquiry from an identified person and payment of reasonable compensation as conditions precedent to effecting a disclosure required in this subdivision.
Subd. 3. Acceptance. A recipient who accepts a digital signature when the certificate was issued by a licensed certification authority becomes a party to and accepts all of the terms and conditions of the licensed certification authority's certification practice statement.
1997 c 178 s 10; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 97
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection
Chapter 325K — Electronic Authentication
Section 325K.001 — Short Title.
Section 325K.01 — Definitions.
Section 325K.02 — Purposes And Construction.
Section 325K.03 — Role Of The Secretary.
Section 325K.05 — Licensure And Qualifications Of Certification Authorities.
Section 325K.06 — Performance Audits.
Section 325K.07 — Enforcement Of Requirements For Licensed Certification Authorities.
Section 325K.08 — Dangerous Activities By Certification Authority Prohibited.
Section 325K.09 — General Requirements For Certification Authorities.
Section 325K.10 — Issuance Of Certificate.
Section 325K.11 — Warranties And Obligations Upon Issuance Of Certificate.
Section 325K.12 — Representations And Duties Upon Accepting Certificate.
Section 325K.13 — Control Of Private Key.
Section 325K.14 — Suspension Of Certificate.
Section 325K.15 — Certificate Revocation.
Section 325K.16 — Certificate Expiration.
Section 325K.17 — Recommended Reliance Limits.
Section 325K.18 — Collection Based On Suitable Guaranty.
Section 325K.19 — Satisfaction Of Signature Requirements.
Section 325K.20 — Unreliable Digital Signatures.
Section 325K.21 — Digitally Signed Document Is Written.
Section 325K.22 — Digitally Signed Originals.
Section 325K.23 — Acknowledgments.
Section 325K.24 — Presumptions In Adjudicating Disputes; Liability Allocation.