Florida Statute 740.007
“Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user”
What it means
Everything except message content moves through §740.007. Unless the user prohibited disclosure or the court directs otherwise, the custodian shall disclose the catalog of electronic communications — every correspondent, with time, date, and electronic address — and the deceased user's other digital assets to the personal representative.
The package is short: a written request, a certified copy of the death certificate, and a certified copy of the letters of administration or an equivalent order. If the custodian asks, add an account identifier, evidence linking the account to the user, an affidavit that disclosure is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate, or a court finding. No consent record appears anywhere on the list.
- The custodian shall disclose the catalog and non-content digital assets unless the user prohibited disclosure or the court directs otherwise.
- Core package: written request + certified death certificate + certified letters or equivalent court order.
- If the custodian requests: an identifier, linking evidence, an affidavit of reasonable necessity, or a court finding.
- No consent record is required — the sharp contrast with §740.006 content requests.
- The catalog names every correspondent with time, date, and electronic address — a map of the decedent's financial life.
How it plays out
This is the cheapest discovery in a Florida probate, and the most skipped. A catalog request costs a written letter and two certified documents, and it returns the list of banks, brokers, insurers, and subscriptions the decedent actually dealt with. Our office sends these early in an administration — usually before anyone worries about content — because the catalog answers the question every inventory starts with: what exists, and where.
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