Florida Statute 740.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 740
FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS

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F.S. 740.08

740.08 Applicability.—

(1) Subject to subsection (3), this chapter applies to:

(a) A fiduciary acting under a will, trust, or power of attorney executed before, on, or after July 1, 2016;

(b) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after July 1, 2016;

(c) A guardian appointed through a guardianship proceeding, whether pending in a court or commenced before, on, or after July 1, 2016; and

(d) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after July 1, 2016.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

History.—s. 18, ch. 2016-46.

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 740.08

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 740.08.

Total Results: 1

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1934-04-14

Citation: 114 Fla. 520, 154 So. 154

Snippet: Rotwitt v. Hickman, 9 Mont. 370, 23 Pac. Rep. 740, 8 L. R. A. 403; Ristine v. State, ex rel. Board of