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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="15-611" title_number="15" title_name="Fiduciaries" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Maryland Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act">
  <text>Unless otherwise ordered by a court, directed by a user, or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received, or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee 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 trust instrument or certification of the trust under § 14.5–910 of this article that includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>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</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <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 trust’s account; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Evidence linking the account to the trust.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
