Disclosure of digital assets to obtain electronic will, when
A court can order a company that holds someone's online account to hand over digital files so that a copy of a deceased person's electronic will can be found. This can happen during the legal process of handling the estate, or even before that process has officially started. If no one has been officially put in charge of the estate yet, the court can still give the order and treat the person who asked for it as if they were in charge.
474.554. Disclosure of to obtain , when. — Without further notice, at any time during the or, if there is no , upon such notice and in such manner as the court directs, the court may an sections 472.400 to 472.490 for a of an account held under a to disclose digital assets for the purposes of obtaining an electronic will from the account of a . If there is no grant of administration at the time the court issues the order, the court's order shall disclosure to the who is a for sections 472.400 to 472.490.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2025 H.B. 754)
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