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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="15-613" title_number="15" title_name="Fiduciaries" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Maryland Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After an opportunity for hearing under Title 13, Subtitle 2 or Title 13, Subtitle 7 of this article, a court may grant a guardian access to the digital assets of the protected person for whom the guardian has been appointed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless otherwise ordered by a court or directed by a user, a custodian shall disclose to a guardian the catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by the protected person and the digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, in which the protected person has a right or interest if the guardian 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 court order that gives the guardian authority over the digital assets of the protected person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <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 protected person’s account; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Evidence linking the account to the protected person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A guardian with general authority to manage the assets of a protected person may request a custodian of the digital assets of the protected person to suspend or terminate an account of the protected person for good cause.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A request made under this subsection shall be accompanied by a copy of the court order granting the  guardian authority over the protected person’s property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
