In adjudicating a dispute involving a digital signature, a court of this state shall presume that:

1. (1) A certificate digitally signed by a licensed certification authority and either published in a recognized repository or made available by the issuing certification authority or by the subscriber listed in the certificate is issued by the certification authority which digitally signed it and is accepted by the subscriber listed in it;
2. (2) The information listed in a valid certificate, as defined in section 28.606, and confirmed by a licensed certification authority issuing the certificate is accurate;
3. (3) If a digital signature is verified by the public key listed in a valid certificate issued by a licensed certification authority, it shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature; and
4. (4) A digital signature was created before it was time-stamped by a disinterested person utilizing a trustworthy system.

(L. 1998 S.B. 680 § 24)