California Probate Code

§ 879

PROB § 879 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 2 · Part 20

Statute text

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 catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by an original or successor user and stored, carried, or maintained by the custodian in an account of the trust and any digital assets, other than the content of electronic communications, in which the trust has a right or interest if the settlor of the trust is deceased and the trustee gives the custodian all of the following:

(a)A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form.

(b)A certified copy of the death certificate of the settlor.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 551, Sec. 1. (AB 691) Effective January 1, 2017.