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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0033\">33<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0080\">80<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64879,"section_number":"64.2-804","catch_line":"Certification of trust","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-804\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272883,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56777,"identifier":"64.2-126","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-126","url":"\/64.2-126\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-126\/","token":"64.2\/I\/1\/3.1\/64.2-126","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee is not original user","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-126","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless otherwise ordered by the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, directed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">user<\/span>, or provided in a trust, a <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> shall disclose to a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> that is not an original <span class=\"dictionary\">user<\/span> of an <span class=\"dictionary\">account<\/span> the content of <span class=\"dictionary\">electronic communications<\/span> sent or received by an original or successor <span class=\"dictionary\">user<\/span> and carried, maintained, processed, received, or stored by the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">account<\/span> of the trust if the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> gives the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form; <a id=\"paragraph-207753\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-126\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A certified copy of the trust instrument, or a certification of the trust under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Certification of trust\" href=\"\/64.2-804\/\">64.2-804<\/a> that includes consent to disclosure of the content of <span class=\"dictionary\">electronic communications<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-207754\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-126\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> A certification by the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> that the trust exists and the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> is a currently acting <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> of the trust; and <a id=\"paragraph-207755\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-126\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> If requested by the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span>:\n\t\t\ta. A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or <span class=\"dictionary\">account<\/span> identifier assigned by the <span class=\"dictionary\">custodian<\/span> to identify the trust&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">account<\/span>; or\n\t\t\tb. <span class=\"dictionary\">Evidence<\/span> linking the <span class=\"dictionary\">account<\/span> to the trust. <a id=\"paragraph-207756\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-126\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURE OF CONTENTS OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS HELD IN TRUST WHEN TRUSTEE\nIS NOT ORIGINAL USER (\u00a7 64.2-126)\n\nUnless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user, or provided in a\ntrust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of\nan account the content of electronic communications sent or received by an\noriginal or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received, or\nstored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the\ncustodian:\n\n1. A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;\n\n2. A certified copy of the trust instrument, or a certification of the trust\nunder &#xA7; 64.2-804 that includes consent to disclosure of the content of\nelectronic communications to the trustee;\n\n3. A certification by the trustee that the trust exists and the trustee is a\ncurrently acting trustee of the trust; and\n\n4. If requested by the custodian:\n\t\t\ta. A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account\nidentifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust&#8217;s account; or\n\t\t\tb. Evidence linking the account to the trust.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, cc. 33, 80.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}