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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66625</law_id><section_number>64.2-122</section_number><catch_line>Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Definitions and General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Unless the <span class="dictionary">user</span> prohibited disclosure of <span class="dictionary">digital assets</span> or the <span class="dictionary">court</span> directs otherwise, a <span class="dictionary">custodian</span> shall disclose to the <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span> of the estate of a deceased <span class="dictionary">user</span> a <span class="dictionary">catalog of electronic communications</span> sent or received by the <span class="dictionary">user</span> and <span class="dictionary">digital assets</span>, other than the content of electronic communications, of the <span class="dictionary">user</span>, if the representative gives the <span class="dictionary">custodian</span>:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form; <a id="paragraph-241726" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-122/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A certified copy of the death certificate of the <span class="dictionary">user</span>; <a id="paragraph-241727" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-122/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A certified copy of the letter of appointment of the representative or a small-estate <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> or <span class="dictionary">court order</span>; and <a id="paragraph-241728" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-122/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> If requested by the <span class="dictionary">custodian</span>:
			a. 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 <span class="dictionary">user</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">account</span>;
			b. <span class="dictionary">Evidence</span> linking the <span class="dictionary">account</span> to the <span class="dictionary">user</span>;
			c. An <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> stating that disclosure of the <span class="dictionary">user</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">digital assets</span> is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate; or
			d. A <span class="dictionary">finding</span> by the court that (i) the <span class="dictionary">user</span> had a specific <span class="dictionary">account</span> with the <span class="dictionary">custodian</span>, identifiable by the <span class="dictionary">information</span> specified in subdivision a or (ii) disclosure of the <span class="dictionary">user</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">digital assets</span> is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate. <a id="paragraph-241729" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-122/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2017, cc. 33, 80.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
