Kentucky Statutes 395A.100 – Disclosure of other digital assets of principal
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Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the principal, or provided by a power of attorney, a custodian shall disclose to an agent with specific authority over digital assets or general authority to act on behalf of a principal a catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by the principal and digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, of the principal if the agent gives the custodian:
(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;
(2) An original or a copy of the power of attorney that gives the agent specific authority over digital assets or general authority to act on behalf of the principal;
(3) A certification by the agent, under penalty of perjury, that the power of attorney is in effect; and
(4) If requested by the custodian:
(a) A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the principal’s account; or
(b) Evidence linking the account to the principal.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2020.
(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 395A.100
- 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 Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
- Agent: means an attorney-in-fact granted authority under a durable or nondurable power of attorney. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Catalogue of electronic communications: means information that identifies each person with which a user has had an electronic communication, the time and date of the communication, and the electronic address of the person. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
- Court: means District Court. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
- Custodian: means a person that carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores a digital asset of a user. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
- Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- Power of attorney: means a record that grants an agent authority to act in the place of a principal. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
- Principal: means an individual who grants authority to an agent in a power of attorney. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
(2) An original or a copy of the power of attorney that gives the agent specific authority over digital assets or general authority to act on behalf of the principal;
(3) A certification by the agent, under penalty of perjury, that the power of attorney is in effect; and
(4) If requested by the custodian:
(a) A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the principal’s account; or
(b) Evidence linking the account to the principal.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2020.