RCW 9.38.060Digital signature violations.(1) A person shall not knowingly misrepresent the person's identity or authorization to obtain a public key certificate used to reference a private key for creating a digital signature.(2) A person shall not knowingly forge an electronic or digital signature.(3) A person shall not knowingly present a public key certificate for which the person is not the owner of the corresponding private key in order to obtain unauthorized access to information or engage in an unauthorized transaction.(4) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.(5)(a) 'Digital signature' means an electronic signature that is a transformation of a message using an asymmetric cryptosystem such that a person who has the initial message and the signer's public key can accurately determine whether the:(i) Transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer's public key; and(ii) Initial message has been altered since the transformation was made.(b) 'Electronic signature' has the meaning provided in RCW 1.80.010.[ 2020 c 57 s 24; 2019 c 132 s 1; 2001 c 39 s 1.]
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