The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 3554)
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§ 3554. User direction for disclosure of digital assets
(a) 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 record.
(b) If a user has not used an online tool to give direction under subsection (a) of this
section 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 record, 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.
(c) A user’s direction under subsection (a) or (b) of this section 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. (Added 2017, No. 13, § 1.)