{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-334p","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-334p","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 designated recipient's authority with respect to a digital asset of a user:\n(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 45a-334e, is subject to the applicable terms-of-service agreement;\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, conserved person, principal or settlor has the right to access any digital asset in which the decedent, conserved 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, conserved person, principal or settlor for the purpose of applicable computer-fraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including, but not limited to, section 53a-251.\n(e) A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of a decedent, conserved 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 computerfraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including, but not limited to, section 53a-251.\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) A certified copy of the death certificate of the user if the user is deceased;\n(2) A certified copy of any one or more of the following that gives the fiduciary authority over the account:\n(A) A certificate of appointment as executor;\n(B) A certificate of appointment as conservator;\n(C) A power of attorney; or\n(D) A trust; 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 a court that the user had a specific account with the custodian that is identifiable by the information specified in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision.","path":["TITLE 45a. PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 802b. DECEDENTS' ESTATES","PART V*. SETTLEMENT OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_802b.htm#sec_45a-334p","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"093be7a2c5c4203fa901b0f023317f3463947564685ecd5a694f7fd6ae730cd4","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-334o","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-334q"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}