HRS §556A-3
When This Law Applies
This law covers people handling someone else's digital accounts, like wills, powers of attorney, estates, conservatorships, or trusts, no matter when they were set up. It also applies if the account owner lives (or lived) in Hawaii. It does not cover work-related digital assets used by an employee.
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The statute, as written — Applicability
(a) This chapter applies to: (1) A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after July 1, 2016; (2) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after July 1, 2016; (3) A conservatorship proceeding commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2016; and (4) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2016. (b) This chapter applies to a custodian if the user resides in this State or resided in this State at the time of the user's death. (c) This chapter does not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer's business.
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