This text of New Mexico § 46-13-15 (Fiduciary duty and authority) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
A. The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including:
(2)the duty of loyalty; and (3) the duty of confidentiality. B. A fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with respect to a digital asset of a user:
(1)except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act [46-13-4 NMSA 1978], is subject to the applicable terms of service;
(2)is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law;
(3)in the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary's duties; and (4) may not be used to impersonate the user. C. A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, protected person, principal or settlor has the
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A. The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including: (1) the duty of care; (2) the duty of loyalty; and (3) the duty of confidentiality. B. A fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with respect to a digital asset of a user: (1) except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act [46-13-4 NMSA 1978], is subject to the applicable terms of service; (2) is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law; (3) in the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary's duties; and (4) may not be used to impersonate the user. C. A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, protected person, principal or settlor has the right to access any digital asset in which the decedent, protected person, principal or settlor had a right or interest and that is not held by a custodian or subject to a terms-of-service agreement. D. A fiduciary acting within the scope of the fiduciary's duties is an authorized user of the property of the decedent, protected person, principal or settlor for the purpose of applicable computer-fraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including the Computer Crimes Act [30-45-1 to 30-45-7 NMSA 1978]. E. A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of a decedent, protected person, principal or settlor: (1) has the right to access the property and any digital asset stored in it; and (2) is an authorized user for the purpose of computer-fraud and unauthorized- computer-access laws, including those offenses enumerated in the Computer Crimes Act. F. A custodian may disclose information in an account to a fiduciary of the user when the information is required to terminate an account used to access digital assets licensed to the user. G. A fiduciary of a user may request a custodian to terminate the user's account. A request for termination shall be in writing, in either physical or electronic form, and accompanied by: (1) if the user is deceased, a certified copy of the death certificate of the user; (2) a certified copy of the letters of administration or letters testamentary of the personal representative or a small estate affidavit pursuant to the provisions of Section 45-3-1201 NMSA 1978, court order, power of attorney or trust giving the fiduciary authority over the account; and (3) if requested by the custodian: (a) a number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user's account; (b) evidence linking the account to the user; or (c) a finding by the court that the user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in Subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.