Tennessee § 35-8-104 - User direction for disclosure of digital assets.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 35-8-104 — User direction for disclosure of digital assets., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 35-8-104. User direction for disclosure of digital assets.
A user may use an online tool to direct the custodian to disclose to a designated recipient or not to disclose some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications. If the online tool allows the user to modify or delete a direction at all times, a direction regarding disclosure using an online tool overrides a contrary direction by the user in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other dispositive or nominative instrument. If a user has not used an online tool to give direction under subsection (a) or if the custodian has not provided an online tool, the user may allow or prohibit in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other dispositive or nominative instrument, disclosure to a fiduciary of some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications sent or received by the user. A user's direction under subsection (a) or (b) overrides a contrary provision in a terms-of-service agreement that does not require the user to act affirmatively and distinctly from the user's assent to the terms of service. Acts 2016, ch. 570, § 5. Code Commission Notes. Acts 2016, ch. 570, § 1 enacted this chapter as chapter 51 of Title 35, but the chapter has been redesignated as chapter 8 by authority of the Code Commission. Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 570, § 24. July 1, 2016.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 35-8-104 ("User direction for disclosure of digital assets.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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