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Section 55-19-16 – Fiduciary duties.

55-19-16. Fiduciary duties. The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including: the duty of care, the duty of loyalty, and the duty of confidentiality. Source: SL 2017, ch 209, §16.

Section 55-19-17 – Fiduciary authority generally.

55-19-17. Fiduciary authority generally. A fiduciary’s or designated recipient’s authority with respect to a digital asset of a user: (1)Is subject to the applicable terms of service except as otherwise provided in §55-19-4; (2)Is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law; (3)Is limited by the scope of the fiduciary’s duties, if a fiduciary; and […]

Section 55-19-20 – Fiduciary right of access to digital asset.

55-19-20. Fiduciary right of access to digital asset. A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor has the right to access the property and any digital asset stored in it, and is an authorized user for the purpose of any computer fraud or unauthorized computer access […]

Section 55-19-2 – Applicability generally.

55-19-2. Applicability generally. The provisions of this chapter apply to: (1)Any fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after July 1, 2017; (2)Any personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after July 1, 2017; (3)Any conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2017; […]

Section 55-19-4 – User direction for disclosure of digital assets.

55-19-4. User direction for disclosure of digital assets. Any user may utilize an online tool to direct a custodian to disclose or not to disclose to a designated recipient some or all of the user’s digital assets, including the content of electronic communications. If the online tool allows the user to modify or delete a […]