[cabfpub] EV 11.2.1 Private Organization registration number or date

[Geoff Keating]

> On 31 Aug 2017, at 8:29 am, Rich Smith via Public <public at cabforum.org> wrote:
> 
> EVG 11.2.1 (1)(c) states:
> (C) Registration Number: Obtain the specific Registration Number assigned to the Applicant by the Incorporating or Registration Agency in the Applicant's Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Registration. Where the Incorporating or Registration Agency does not assign a Registration Number, the CA SHALL obtain the Applicant's date of Incorporation or Registration.
>  
> What if the Registration Agency simply does not publish, and will not provide either registration number or date?  In the case I’m looking at they have legal name, registered address and phone number.  There is no registration number nor date published and they will not provide either one even when our agents call in and ask for the information.
>  
> If the only answer at this time is, “Then we can’t issue an EV cert,” which is the direction I’m leaning, then I’d like to discuss/propose changing “CA SHALL” in the above to “CA SHOULD”.
> 
> Feedback would be much appreciated, especially from those who might be willing to endorse such a ballot or those who might be strongly opposed to such a ballot.  If anyone has a sound argument that we actually can issue an EV under the current wording, I’d love to hear that as well.

The last sentence in (c) above does not contain the words “from the Incorporating or Registration Agency”, so is there any other way you can obtain the date of registration?
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