Access to electronic communications

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TN Code › Title 34 › Chapter 6 › Section 34-6-112

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Subject to the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, compiled in title 35, chapter 8, if any power of attorney expressly grants an attorney-in-fact or other agent authority over the content of an electronic communication of the principal, then the attorney-in-fact or other agent shall have the power and authority to access the content of an electronic communication that the custodian is permitted to disclose under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ( 18 U.S.C. § 2702(b) ). For purposes of this section, "content of an electronic communication," "custodian," and "electronic communication" have the same meaning as defined in the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 570,s 22, eff. 7/1/2016.

Subject to the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, compiled in title 35, chapter 8, if any power of attorney expressly grants an attorney-in-fact or other agent authority over the content of an electronic communication of the principal, then the attorney-in-fact or other agent shall have the power and authority to access the content of an electronic communication that the custodian is permitted to disclose under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ( 18 U.S.C. § 2702(b) ). For purposes of this section, "content of an electronic communication," "custodian," and "electronic communication" have the same meaning as defined in the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.

Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 570,s 22, eff. 7/1/2016.

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