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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="15-614" title_number="15" title_name="Fiduciaries" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Maryland Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The duty of care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The duty of loyalty; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The duty of confidentiality.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A fiduciary’s or designated recipient’s authority with respect to a digital asset of a user:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 15–603 of this subtitle, is subject to the applicable terms of service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary’s duties; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>May not be used to impersonate the user.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor has the right to access a digital asset in which the decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor had a right or interest and that is not held by a custodian or subject to a terms–of–service agreement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A fiduciary acting within the scope of the fiduciary’s duties is an authorized user of the property of the decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor for the purpose of applicable computer–fraud and unauthorized–computer–access laws, including § 7–302 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has the right to access the property and the digital assets stored in it; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is an authorized user for the purpose of computer–fraud and unauthorized–computer–access laws, including § 7–302 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A custodian may disclose information in an account to a fiduciary of the user when the information is required to terminate an account used to access digital assets licensed to the user.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A fiduciary of a user may request a custodian to terminate the user’s account.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fiduciary shall submit the request for termination to the custodian in writing, in either physical or electronic form, accompanied by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the user is deceased, a copy of the death certificate of the user;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A copy of the letters of administration of the personal representative or court order appointing a special administrator, power of attorney, or trust granting the fiduciary authority over the account; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If requested by the custodian:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <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="2">
          <text>Evidence linking the account to the user; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A finding by the court that the user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in item 1 of this item.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
