(a) This chapter applies to:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 35-8-103

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Personal representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(1) A fiduciary or agent acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after July 1, 2016;
(2) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after July 1, 2016;
(3) A conservatorship or guardianship proceeding, whether pending in a court or commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2016; and
(4) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2016.
(b) This chapter applies to a custodian if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user’s death.
(c) This chapter does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.
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