Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user, or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose, to a trustee that is not an original user of an account, a catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by an original or successor user and stored, carried, or maintained by the custodian in an account of the trust and any digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, in which the trust has a right or interest if the trustee gives the custodian:
(1) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 395A.130

  • 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
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustee: means a fiduciary with legal title to property under an agreement or declaration that creates a beneficial interest in another. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020
  • User: means a person that has an account with a custodian. See Kentucky Statutes 395A.020

(2) A certified copy of the trust instrument or a certification of the trust under KRS
386B.10-120;
(3) A certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust; 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 trust’s account; or
(b) Evidence linking the account to the trust.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 12, effective July 15, 2020.