{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-1-1515","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 15-1-1515","heading":"Fiduciary duty and authority.","body":"(1) The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including:\n\n(a) The duty of care;\n\n(b) The duty of loyalty; and\n\n(c) The duty of confidentiality.\n\n(2) A fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with respect to a digital asset of a user:\n\n(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 15-1-1504, is subject to the applicable terms of service;\n\n(b) Is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law;\n\n(c) In the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary's duties; and\n\n(d) May not be used to impersonate the user.\n\n(3) 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\n(4) 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 article 5.5 of title 18, C.R.S.\n\n(5) A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor:\n\n(a) Has the right to access the property and any digital asset stored in it; and\n\n(b) Is an authorized user for the purpose of computer-fraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including article 5.5 of title 18, C.R.S.\n\n(6) 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\n(7) 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\n(a) If the user is deceased, a certified copy of the death certificate of the user;\n\n(b) A certified copy of the letter of appointment of the representative or a small-estate affidavit or court order, court order, power of attorney, or trust giving the fiduciary authority over the account; and\n\n(c) If requested by the custodian:\n\n(I) A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user's account;\n\n(II) Evidence linking the account to the user; or\n\n(III) A finding by the court that the user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c).\n\n(8) A domiciliary foreign personal representative is not required to comply with the provisions of section 15-13-204, or with any other provision of article 13 of this title, as a condition to obtaining disclosure of a digital asset pursuant to this part 15.\n\n(9) A foreign conservator is not required to comply with the provisions of section 15-14-433 as a condition to obtaining disclosure of a digital asset pursuant to this part 15.","path":["Title 15 - PROBATE, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Article 1 - Fiduciary","Part 15 - REVISED UNIFORM FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS ACT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-15.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"238a15b300a30362b48855c90682bcb172042b764de2f7d3eed8b83a343a1cba","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-1-1514","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-1-1516"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}