{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-23-13","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 91-23-13","heading":"Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user.","body":"If a deceased user consented or a court directs disclosure of the contents of electronic communications of the user, the custodian shall disclose to the personal representative of the estate of the user the content of an electronic communication sent or received by the user if the representative gives the custodian:\n(a) A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;\n(b) A certified copy of the death certificate of the user;\n(c) A certified copy of letters of administration or letters testamentary of the representative;\n(d) Unless the user provided direction using an online tool, a copy of the user’s will, trust, power of attorney or other record evidencing the user’s consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications; and\n(e) If requested by the custodian:\n(i) A number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user’s account;\n(ii) Evidence linking the account to the user; or\n(iii) A finding by the court that:\n1. The user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in subparagraph (i);\n2. Disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the user would not violate 18 USC Section 2701 et seq., 47 USC Section 222, or other applicable law;\n3. Unless the user provided direction using an online tool, the user consented to disclosure of the content of electronic communications; or\n4. Disclosure of the content of electronic communications of the user is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate.","path":["Title 91. Trusts and Estates","Chapter 23. Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.91.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:53Z","sha256":"bf653e2177c5b01abb23d8f8f29e102269294cb3eb2822074a8c9719fc80a948","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-23-11","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-91-23-15","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}