# Ind. Code § 32-39-2-9: Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust to trustee that is not an original user

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 32-39-2-9
- **Heading:** Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust to trustee that is not an original user
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 32 / Article 39 / Chapter 2 / Section 32-39-2-9

## Text

Sec. 9. Unless otherwise ordered by a court, directed by the user, or provided in the trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original user or a successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received, or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian:

(1) a written request for disclosure of the content of the electronic communication in physical or electronic form;

(2) a certified copy of the trust instrument or a certification of the trust under IC 30-4-4-5 that includes consent to disclosure to the trustee of the content of electronic communications carried, maintained, processed, received, or stored in the account of the trust;

(3) a certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust; and

(4) if requested by the custodian:

(A) a number, username, address, or other unique subscriber identifier or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account; or

(B) evidence linking the account to the trust.

As added by P.L.137-2016, SEC.14.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-1 User direction concerning disclosure of digital asset](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-2 Rights of custodian, user, and fiduciary or designated recipient under terms-of-service agreement; modification or elimination of fiduciary's access](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-3 Custodian's disclosure of user's digital assets](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-4 Disclosure to personal representative of content of deceased user's electronic communication](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-5 Disclosure to personal representative of deceased user's other digital assets](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-6 Disclosure to principal's attorney in fact of content of principal's electronic communications](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-6.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-7 Disclosure to principal's attorney in fact of principal's other digital assets](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-8 Disclosure of digital assets held in trust to trustee that is an original user](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-8.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-9 Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust to trustee that is not an original user](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-9.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-10 Disclosure of other digital assets held in trust to trustee that is not an original user](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-10.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-11 Disclosure of digital assets to guardian of protected person](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-11.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-12 Duties and authority of fiduciary with respect to digital assets of decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-12.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-13 Custodian compliance with request for disclosure of digital assets or termination of account; immunity from liability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-13.md)
- [Ind. Code § 32-39-2-14 Consideration of need for uniformity among enacting states](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T32_A39_C2_S32-39-2-14.md)

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