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Who This Template Is For: This premium 6-page template is designed for individuals, entrepreneurs, creators, and business owners who hold digital assets and want to ensure their fiduciaries can lawfully access, manage, and transfer online accounts, cryptocurrency, NFTs, and digital business property during incapacity or after death. It addresses a critical gap left by many standard powers of attorney and estate planning documents by providing explicit statutory consent required under digital asset and privacy laws. PLEASE NOTE: This authorization is intended to be used in conjunction with an existing power of attorney, trust, or will and does not independently appoint a fiduciary. What’s Included – Key Sections and Provisions: • Grant of Authority defining broad fiduciary access rights to digital assets and electronically stored information and establishing clear consent for disclosure and control. • Relationship to Other Estate Planning Documents clarifying that the authorization supplements powers of attorney, trusts, and wills without independently creating fiduciary authority. • Comprehensive Digital Assets Definitions covering online accounts, cryptocurrency, NFTs, smart contracts, business platforms, and future digital technologies to ensure broad applicability. • Scope of Digital Property Covered detailing personal, financial, business, gaming, and virtual assets to eliminate ambiguity over what fiduciaries may access. • Fiduciary Authority and Powers granting specific, clearly enumerated powers such as account access, credential recovery, smart contract interaction, asset transfer, and business continuity actions. • Cryptocurrency and NFT Provisions expressly authorizing disclosure of private keys and wallet credentials and permitting alternative custody transfers when direct disclosure is restricted. • Duties and Recordkeeping establishing fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, inventory, and accounting for digital assets. • Federal and State Law Consent provisions designed to comply with RUFADAA, ECPA, the Stored Communications Act, and related privacy and cybersecurity laws. • Duration, Revocation, and Effectiveness provisions confirming immediate effectiveness, survival of incapacity and death, and clear revocation standards. • Third Party Reliance and Liability Protections allowing custodians and platforms to rely on the authorization in good faith without risk. • Jurisdiction and Applicability language preserving nationwide usability while advising users on state-specific considerations. • Execution and Notarization section formatted for professional use and custodial acceptance. Save time and reduce risk by using a professionally drafted digital assets authorization that closes critical legal gaps in modern estate and business planning. Download this template today to deliver immediate, practical protection for digital property without starting from scratch.