Prob. Code, § 872 · Part 20. Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Prob. Code, § 872
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) This part shall apply to all of the following:
(1) A fiduciary acting under a will executed before, on, or after January 1, 2017.
(2) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after January 1, 2017.
(3) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after January 1, 2017.
(4) A custodian of digital assets for a user if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user’s death.
(5) A conservator appointed before, on, or after January 1, 2025.
(6) A fiduciary acting under a power of attorney executed before, on, or after January 1, 2025.
(b) This part does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 799, Sec. 2. (SB 1458) Effective January 1, 2025.
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