# D.C. Code § 21-2505: Terms-of-service agreement

> District of Columbia · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2505

## Section

- **Citation:** D.C. Code § 21-2505
- **Heading:** Terms-of-service agreement
- **Jurisdiction:** District of Columbia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** DC Code / Title 21 / Chapter 25 / § 21-2505

## Text

(a) This chapter does not change or impair a right of a custodian or a user under a terms-of-service agreement to access and use digital assets of the user.
(b) This chapter does not give a fiduciary or designated recipient any new or expanded rights other than those held by the user for whom, or for whose estate, the fiduciary or designated recipient acts or represents.
(c) A fiduciary's or designated recipient's access to digital assets may be modified or eliminated by a user, by federal law, or by a terms-of-service agreement if the user has not provided direction pursuant to § 21-2504 .

## Nearby sections

- [D.C. Code § 21-2501 § 21-2501. Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2501.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2502 § 21-2502. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2502.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2503 § 21-2503. Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2503.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2504 § 21-2504. User direction for disclosure of digital assets.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2504.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2505 § 21-2505. Terms-of-service agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2505.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2506 § 21-2506. Procedure for disclosing digital assets.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2506.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2507 § 21-2507. Disclosure of contents of electronic communications of deceased user.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2507.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2508 § 21-2508. Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2508.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2509 § 21-2509. Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2509.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2510 § 21-2510. Disclosure of other digital assets of principal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2510.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2511 § 21-2511. Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2511.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2512 § 21-2512. Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2512.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2513 § 21-2513. Disclosure of other digital assets held in trust when trustee not original user.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2513.md)
- [D.C. Code § 21-2514 § 21-2514. Disclosure of digital assets to conservator of protected individual.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_DC_T21_C25_S21-2514.md)

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