638.12 Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user.
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 content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received, or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian all of the following:
1. A written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form.
2. A certified copy of the trust instrument or a certification of trust under section 633A.4604 that includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee.
3. A certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust.
4. If requested by the custodian, any of the following:
a. A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust’s account.
b. Evidence linking the account to the trust.
2017 Acts, ch 79, §15
Referred to in §638.16
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 638 - FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS
Section 638.3 - Applicability.
Section 638.4 - User direction for disclosure of digital assets.
Section 638.5 - Terms-of-service agreement.
Section 638.6 - Procedure for disclosing digital assets.
Section 638.7 - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user.
Section 638.8 - Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user.
Section 638.9 - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal.
Section 638.10 - Disclosure of other digital assets of principal.
Section 638.11 - Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user.
Section 638.13 - Disclosure of other digital assets held in trust when trustee not original user.
Section 638.14 - Disclosure of digital assets to conservator or guardian of a ward.
Section 638.15 - Fiduciary duty and authority.
Section 638.16 - Custodian compliance and immunity.
Section 638.17 - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 638.18 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.