1. It is unlawful for a person to:
(a) Forge a digital signature; or
(b) Provide false information knowingly to the Secretary of State with respect to any provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted pursuant thereto that requires such a person to provide information to the Secretary of State.
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
3. As used in this section, “forge a digital signature” means to create a digital signature that:
(a) Is not authorized by the person who holds the private key used to create the digital signature; or
(b) Although verifiable by a public key, the certificate that contains the public key identifies a subscriber who:
(1) Does not exist; or
(2) Does not hold the private key that corresponds to the public key contained in the certificate.