Indiana § 30-5-5-14.5 - Powers of attorney in fact under language conferring general authority with respect to electronic records, reports, and statements
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§ 30-5-5-14.5. Powers of attorney in fact under language conferring general authority with respect to electronic records, reports, and statements
Sec. 14.5. (a) Language conferring general authority with respect to electronic records, reports, and statements authorizes the attorney in fact to do the following:
(1) Gain access to any computer, storage device, network, communications device, or other computing machinery that the principal owns, leases, or otherwise has license to access.
(2) Gain access to any user account the principal maintains with an online service provider.
(3) Access, retrieve, copy, or store:
(A) the content of an electronic communication of the principal;
(B) a catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by the principal; or
(C) any other digital asset in which the principal has a right or interest.
(4) Perform any act in connection with the preparation, execution, filing, storage, or other use of electronic records, reports, and statements of or concerning the principal's affairs that the attorney in fact may perform in connection with the preparation, execution, filing, storage, or other use of written records, reports, and statements of or concerning the principal's affairs.
(b) The powers described in this section are exercisable equally with respect to electronic records, reports, or statements of or concerning the affairs of the principal at the time of the giving of the power of attorney or are created after that time, whether arising in Indiana or in another jurisdiction.
As added by P.L.137-2016, SEC.13.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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