# If the CA does not identify the Subscriber account via an ACME Account URL as described in RFC 8555, the CA MUST define the supported format of the accounturi in Section 4.2 of their CP and/or CPS, and SHOULD comply with the acct URI scheme defined in RFC 7565 — TLS certificate and CA requirement effective dates (CA/Browser Forum, Chrome, Mozilla)

For If the CA does not identify the Subscriber account via an ACME Account URL as described in RFC 8555, the CA MUST define the supported format of the accounturi in Section 4.2 of their CP and/or CPS, and SHOULD comply with the acct URI scheme defined in RFC 7565, effective date is 2027-03-15; baseline requirements section is 4.2.2.1.2; authority is CA/Browser Forum TLS Baseline Requirements; scope is all publicly-trusted CAs issuing TLS server certificates, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Requirement:** If the CA does not identify the Subscriber account via an ACME Account URL as described in RFC 8555, the CA MUST define the supported format of the accounturi in Section 4.2 of their CP and/or CPS, and SHOULD comply with the acct URI scheme defined in RFC 7565
- **Effective date:** 2027-03-15
- **Baseline Requirements section:** 4.2.2.1.2
- **Authority:** CA/Browser Forum TLS Baseline Requirements _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** all publicly-trusted CAs issuing TLS server certificates _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> the CA MUST define the supported format of the accounturi in Section 4.2 of their CP and/or CPS, and SHOULD comply with the acct URI scheme defined in

## Source

- https://cabforum.org/working-groups/server/baseline-requirements/requirements/

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2026-11-03.
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