2020 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 39 - Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets
Section 3912 - Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user

Universal Citation: 20 PA Cons Stat § 3912 (2020)
§ 3912. Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian:

(1) a written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;

(2) a certified copy of the trust instrument or a certification of the trust under section 7790.3 (relating to certification of trust - UTC 1013), which includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee;

(3) a certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust; and

(4) if requested by the custodian:

(i) any number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account; or

(ii) evidence linking the account to the trust.

Cross References. Section 3912 is referred to in section 3916 of this title.

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