(1) This chapter does not change or impair a right of a custodian or a user under a terms-of-service agreement to access and use digital assets of the user.
(2) This chapter does not give a fiduciary or designated recipient any new or expanded rights other than those held by the user for whom, or for whose estate, the fiduciary or designated recipient acts or represents.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 395A.050

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Custodian: means a person that carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores a digital asset of a user. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
  • Designated recipient: means a person chosen by a user using an online tool to administer digital assets of the user. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary: means an original, additional, or successor personal representative, conservator, agent, or trustee. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
  • User: means a person that has an account with a custodian. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020

(3) A fiduciary’s or designated recipient’s access to digital assets may be modified or eliminated by a user, by federal law, or by a terms-of-service agreement if the user has not provided direction under KRS § 395A.040.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2020.