Bill Text: NJ S2076 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-05 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee [S2076 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S2076-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning probate procedure and supplementing chapter 10 of Title 3B of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The executor or administrator of an estate shall have the power where otherwise authorized, to take control of, conduct, continue or terminate any accounts of a deceased person on any social networking website, any microblogging or short message service website or any e-mail service websites.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would allow executors and administrators to access, delete or administer online accounts of deceased persons. The bill is based on legislation enacted in Oklahoma in 2010, and follows similar enactments in other jurisdictions.
It is the sponsor's intention to clarify that the executor or administrator is authorized to take necessary or permissible steps, which may include obtaining a court order, to access the contents of a decedent's online accounts.
