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:
A. a written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;
B. a certified copy of the trust instrument or a certified copy of the trust instrument or a certification of trust under Section 46A-10-1013 NMSA 1978 that includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee;
C. a certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust; and
D. if requested by the custodian:
(1) a number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account; or
(2) evidence linking the account to the trust.
History: Laws 2017, ch. 72, § 12.
Effective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 72, § 20 made Laws 2017, ch. 72, § 12 effective January 1, 2018.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 46 - Fiduciaries and Trusts
Article 13 - Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets
Section 46-13-1 - Short title.
Section 46-13-2 - Definitions.
Section 46-13-3 - Applicability.
Section 46-13-4 - User direction for disclosure of digital assets.
Section 46-13-5 - Terms-of-service agreement.
Section 46-13-6 - Procedure for disclosing digital assets.
Section 46-13-7 - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user.
Section 46-13-8 - Disclosure of other digital assets of a deceased user.
Section 46-13-9 - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal.
Section 46-13-10 - Disclosure of other digital assets of principal.
Section 46-13-11 - Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is an original user.
Section 46-13-14 - Disclosure of digital assets to conservator of a protected person.
Section 46-13-15 - Fiduciary duty and authority.
Section 46-13-16 - Custodian compliance and immunity.
Section 46-13-17 - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 46-13-18 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.