711.11(3)(c)(c) A terms of service agreement if the user has not provided direction under s. 711.04. 711.11 HistoryHistory: 2015 a. 300. 711.12711.12 Fiduciary duty and authority. 711.12(1)(1) The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary with the authority to manage tangible property apply to a fiduciary’s management of digital property. 711.12(2)(a)(a) A fiduciary’s or designated recipient’s authority with respect to a user’s digital property may not be used to impersonate the user and is subject to all of the following: 711.12(2)(b)(b) A fiduciary’s authority is limited by the scope of the fiduciary’s duties. 711.12(3)(3) A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor has the right to access any digital property in which the decedent, protected 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. 711.12(4)(4) A fiduciary acting within the scope of the fiduciary’s duties is an authorized user of the digital property of the decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor for the purpose of applicable computer fraud and unauthorized computer access laws, including s. 943.70. 711.12(5)(a)(a) A fiduciary with authority over the tangible personal property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor has the right to access the tangible personal property and any digital property stored in the tangible personal property. 711.12(5)(b)(b) A fiduciary with authority over the tangible personal property of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor is an authorized user of digital property stored in the tangible personal property for the purpose of computer fraud and unauthorized computer access laws, including s. 943.70. 711.12(6)(6) A custodian may disclose information in a user’s account to a fiduciary of the user when the information is required to terminate an account used to access digital property licensed to the user. 711.12(7)(7) 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 all of the following: 711.12(7)(a)(a) If the user is deceased, a certified copy of the death record of the user. 711.12(7)(b)(b) Any of the following that grants the fiduciary authority over the user’s account: 711.12(7)(b)1.1. A certified copy of the letters of appointment of a personal representative. 711.12(7)(b)2.2. A certified copy of the letters of special administration. 711.12(7)(b)5.5. An original or copy of a power of attorney and a certification by the agent that the power of attorney is in effect. 711.12(7)(c)(c) If requested by the custodian, any of the following: 711.12(7)(c)1.1. A number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user’s account. 711.12(7)(c)3.3. A finding by the court that the user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in subd. 1. 711.12(8)(a)(a) A fiduciary has no duty to review any digital property of a decedent, settlor, principal, or protected person or to secure or preserve any digital property that is not in the possession of the fiduciary, unless any of the following applies: 711.12(8)(a)1.1. The fiduciary has knowledge, or has reason to believe, that the decedent’s estate, settlor’s trust, principal, or protected person has digital property of economic value. 711.12(8)(a)2.2. The fiduciary receives a written request from a beneficiary who has an interest in the digital property of the decedent’s estate, settlor’s trust, principal, or protected person. 711.12(8)(b)(b) A fiduciary’s reasonable efforts to review, secure, or preserve digital property satisfy a duty to review, secure, or preserve digital property under par. (a). 711.12(8)(c)(c) If a fiduciary reviews, secures, or preserves a portion of the digital property of a decedent, settlor, principal, or protected person and the fiduciary does not have a duty to do so, the reviewing, securing, or preserving of a portion of digital property does not give rise to a duty to review, secure, or preserve the remaining portion of the digital property of the decedent, settlor, principal, or protected person. 711.12(8)(d)(d) Unless a fiduciary has a duty to review, secure, or preserve digital property under par. (a), a fiduciary is not liable for failing to review, secure, or preserve any digital property of a decedent, settlor, principal, or protected person. 711.12 HistoryHistory: 2015 a. 300; 2017 a. 334. 711.13711.13 Marital property classification of digital property. Section 766.625 governs the classification of digital property of a married person. 711.13 HistoryHistory: 2015 a. 300; 2023 a. 127. 711.14711.14 Uniformity of application and construction. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it. 711.14 HistoryHistory: 2015 a. 300. 711.15711.15 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 (c) of that act, 15 USC 7001 (c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103 (b) of that act, 15 USC 7003 (b). 711.15 HistoryHistory: 2015 a. 300. 711.16(1)(1) This chapter applies to all of the following: 711.16(1)(a)(a) A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after April 1, 2016. 711.16(1)(b)(b) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after April 1, 2016. 711.16(1)(c)(c) A guardianship or conservatorship proceeding, whether pending in a court or commenced before, on, or after April 1, 2016. 711.16(1)(d)(d) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after April 1, 2016. 711.16(2)(2) This chapter applies to a custodian only if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user’s death. 711.16(3)(3) This chapter does not apply to digital property of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business. 711.16 HistoryHistory: 2015 a. 300.
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