§ 5-15 — Digital assets and electronic commerce

(a) At any time during the administration of the estate without further notice or, if there is no grant of administration, upon such notice and in such a manner as the court directs, the court may issue an order under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (2015) for a custodian of an account held under a terms-of-service agreement to disclose digital assets for the purposes of obtaining an electronic will from a deceased user's account. If there is no grant of administration at the time the court issues the order, the court's order shall grant disclosure to the petitioner who is deemed a personal representative under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (2015). (b) Except as specified in this Act, the Electronic Commerce Security Act does not apply to the execution or revocation of an electronic will.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 102-167, eff. 7-26-21.)