{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-19-1a-15","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 19-1A-15","heading":"Fiduciary Duty and Authority.","body":"(a) The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including:\n(1) the duty of care;\n(2) the duty of loyalty; and\n(3) the duty of confidentiality.\n(b) A fiduciary’s or a designated recipient’s authority with respect to a digital asset of a user:\n(1) except as otherwise provided in Section 19-1A-4, is subject to the applicable terms of service;\n(2) is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law;\n(3) in the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary’s duties; and\n(4) may not be used to impersonate the user.\n(c) A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor has the right to access any digital asset in which the decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor had a right or interest and that is not held by a custodian or subject to a terms-of-service agreement.\n(d) A fiduciary acting within the scope of the fiduciary’s duties is an authorized user of the property of the decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor for the purpose of applicable computer-fraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including this state’s law on unauthorized computer access.\n(e) A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor:\n(1) has the right to access the property and any digital asset stored in it; and\n(2) is an authorized user for the purpose of computer-fraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including Article 5A of Chapter 8, Title 13A, 18 U.S.C. Section 2701 et seq., and 47 U.S.C. Section 222.\n(f) A custodian may disclose information in an account to a fiduciary of the user when the information is required to terminate an account used to access digital assets licensed to the user.\n(g) A fiduciary of a user may request a custodian to terminate the user’s account. A request for termination must be in writing, in either physical or electronic form, and accompanied by:\n(1) if the user is deceased, a copy of the death certificate of the user;\n(2) a copy of the letters testamentary, letters of administration, court order, power of attorney, or trust giving the fiduciary authority over the account; and\n(3) if requested by the custodian:\n(A) a number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user’s account;\n(B) evidence linking the account to the user; or\n(C) a finding by the court that the user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in subparagraph (A).","path":["Title 19 Fiduciaries and Trusts.","Chapter 1A Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act"],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=19-1A-15","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"46ace937dabbc651dce74fea5a6043245d50cd81837bf981aba7876082025517","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-19-1a-14","next":"us-al/ala.-code-19-1a-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}