When disclosing digital assets of a user under this chapter, the custodian may at the custodian’s sole discretion:
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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-11-106
Account: means an arrangement under a terms of service agreement in which a custodian carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores a digital asset of the user or provides goods or services to the user. See Utah Code 75-11-102
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 Utah Code 75-11-102
Designated recipient: means a person chosen by a user using an online tool to administer digital assets of the user. See Utah Code 75-11-102
Digital asset: means an electronic record in which an individual has a right or interest. See Utah Code 75-11-102
Fiduciary: means an original, additional, or successor personal representative, conservator, guardian, agent, or trustee. See Utah Code 75-11-102
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 75-11-102
User: means a person that has an account with a custodian. See Utah Code 75-11-102
(a)
grant a fiduciary or designated recipient full access to the user’s account;
(b)
grant a fiduciary or designated recipient partial access to the user’s account sufficient to perform the tasks with which the fiduciary or designated recipient is charged; or
(c)
provide a fiduciary or designated recipient a copy in a record of any digital asset that, on the date the custodian received the request for disclosure, the user could have accessed if the user were alive and had full capacity and access to the account.
(2)
A custodian may assess a reasonable administrative charge for the cost of disclosing digital assets under this chapter.
(3)
A custodian need not disclose under this chapter a digital asset deleted by a user.
(4)
If a user directs or a fiduciary requests a custodian to disclose under this chapter some, but not all, of the user’s digital assets, the custodian need not disclose the assets if segregation of the assets would impose an undue burden on the custodian. If the custodian believes the direction or request imposes an undue burden, the custodian or fiduciary may seek an order from the court to disclose:
(a)
a subset limited by date of the user’s digital assets;
(b)
all of the user’s digital assets to the fiduciary or designated recipient;
(c)
none of the user’s digital assets; or
(d)
all of the user’s digital assets to the court for review in camera.
