55-19-6. Procedure for disclosing digital assets.
If a custodian discloses digital assets of a user under this chapter, the custodian may, at the custodian's sole discretion:
(1)Grant a fiduciary or designated recipient full access to the user's account;
(2)Grant a fiduciary or designated recipient partial access to the user's account sufficient to perform any task with which the fiduciary or designated recipient is charged; or
(3)Provide a fiduciary or designated recipient a copy in a record of any digital asset that, on the date the custodian received the request for disclosure, the user could have accessed if the user were alive and had full capacity and access to the account.
A custodian may assess a reasonable administrative charge for the cost of disclosing digital assets under this chapter.
A custodian need not disclose under this chapter a digital asset deleted by a user.
If a user directs or a fiduciary requests a custodian to disclose under this chapter some, but not all, of the user's digital assets, the custodian need not disclose the assets if segregation of the assets would impose an undue burden on the custodian. If the custodian believes the direction or request imposes an undue burden, the custodian or fiduciary may seek an order from the court to disclose: a subset limited by date of the user's digital assets; all of the user's digital assets to the fiduciary or designated recipient; none of the user's digital assets; or all of the user's digital assets to the court for review in camera.
Source: SL 2017, ch 209, ยง6.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 55 - Fiduciaries and Trusts
Chapter 19 - Uniform Fiduciary Access To Digital Assets Act
Section 55-19-1 - Definitions.
Section 55-19-2 - Applicability generally.
Section 55-19-3 - Applicability to custodians and employer assets used by employee.
Section 55-19-4 - User direction for disclosure of digital assets.
Section 55-19-5 - Terms-of-service agreement.
Section 55-19-6 - Procedure for disclosing digital assets.
Section 55-19-7 - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user.
Section 55-19-8 - Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user.
Section 55-19-9 - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal.
Section 55-19-10 - Disclosure of other digital assets of principal.
Section 55-19-11 - Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user.
Section 55-19-13 - Disclosure of other digital assets held in trust when trustee not original user.
Section 55-19-14 - Disclosure of assets to conservator of protected person.
Section 55-19-15 - Suspension or termination of account of protected person.
Section 55-19-16 - Fiduciary duties.
Section 55-19-17 - Fiduciary authority generally.
Section 55-19-20 - Fiduciary right of access to digital asset.
Section 55-19-21 - Disclosure of information by custodian to fiduciary.
Section 55-19-22 - Request for termination of user's account.
Section 55-19-23 - Custodian compliance.
Section 55-19-24 - Custodian notice to user.
Section 55-19-25 - Denial by custodian of request for disclosure or termination.
Section 55-19-26 - Custodian's ability to require court order.