Tex. Estates Code § 2001.051
USER DIRECTION FOR DISCLOSURE OF DIGITAL ASSETS
Texas · Texas Estates Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Estates Code § 2001.051, USER DIRECTION FOR DISCLOSURE OF DIGITAL ASSETS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/626231
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(a) A user may use an online tool to direct the custodian to disclose or not to disclose to a designated recipient some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of an electronic communication. 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) or if the custodian has not provided an online tool, the user may allow or prohibit disclosure to a fiduciary of some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of an electronic communication sent or received by the user, in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record.
(c) 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.