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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="15-606" title_number="15" title_name="Fiduciaries" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Maryland Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act">
  <text>If a deceased user consented to or a court directs the disclosure of the contents of electronic communications of the user, a custodian shall disclose to the personal representative of the user’s estate the content of an electronic communication sent or received by the user if the personal representative provides the custodian:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>A copy of the certificate of the user’s death;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>A copy of the letters of administration of the personal representative or court order appointing a special administrator;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Unless the user provided direction using an online tool, a copy of the user’s will, trust, power of attorney, or other record evidencing the user’s consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>If requested by the custodian:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user’s account;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Evidence linking the account to the user; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>A finding by the court that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>The user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in item (i) of this item;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the user would not violate 18 U.S.C. § 2701, et seq., 47 U.S.C. § 222, or other applicable law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Unless the user provided direction using an online tool, the user consented to disclosure of the content of electronic communications; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>Disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the user is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
