HRS §556A-12
When a trustee can get emails from a trust account
A company holding emails or messages for a trust account must give them to the trustee if the trustee is not the original account user, unless a court, the user, or the trust says otherwise. The trustee must provide certain documents and information to get the messages.
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The statute, as written — Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user
Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user, or provided in a 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 or 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 in physical or electronic form; (2) A certified copy of the trust instrument that includes consent to disclosure of the content of electronic communications to the trustee; (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 or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account; or (B) Evidence linking the account to the trust.
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