Digital assets directive for Pennsylvania
A digital assets directive gives the person handling your affairs written authority to reach your online accounts and files.
$9, or $5 for a second household member ($14 for both). Includes 6 months of changes.
What you pay counts in full toward a package.
Who this is for
- Your photographs of the last twenty years live in one cloud account.
- You run a business, a shop or a following through accounts nobody else can log into.
- You hold cryptocurrency or domain names that would be lost without instructions.
- You want your executor to be able to close accounts down without a legal fight.
What it does not do
- It does not defeat a provider's own tool. Where a service offers its own legacy or inactive-account setting, that setting generally wins, so set it as well.
- It is not a password list, and you should not put passwords in it. Use a password manager and tell your executor how to reach it.
- It does not give anyone the right to read the content of your private communications unless you say so, and some providers will still require a court order.
How to sign it in your state
Pennsylvania
Digital Assets Directive (RUFADAA)
Sign with two disinterested witnesses as the package's authenticity safeguard.
- Witnesses: 2, and they must be present at the signing.
- Notary: optional, unless the printed signing page says otherwise.
New York
Digital Assets Directive (RUFADAA)
Sign with two disinterested witnesses as the package's authenticity safeguard.
- Witnesses: 2, and they must be present at the signing.
- Notary: optional, unless the printed signing page says otherwise.
New Jersey
Digital Assets Directive (RUFADAA)
Sign with two disinterested witnesses as the package's authenticity safeguard.
- Witnesses: 2, and they must be present at the signing.
- Notary: optional, unless the printed signing page says otherwise.
Get started
The account that holds every photograph of your children is not mentioned in most wills, and the person clearing up after you may not legally be allowed to open it.
A digital assets directive is the written authority that changes that. It works alongside the tools the providers themselves offer, and where a provider has its own legacy setting, that setting usually comes first. So the honest instruction is: sign the directive and set the settings, and make sure they say the same thing.
Keep secrets out of the document. Say where the keys are, not what they are.
Common questions
What is RUFADAA?
The Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, adopted in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. It sets out when your executor or agent may access your digital accounts, and it puts your written direction near the top of the order.
Does this replace the settings inside my accounts?
No. Where a provider offers its own legacy contact or inactive account manager, that choice usually takes priority over your documents. Set both, and make them agree.
Should I list my passwords?
No. Documents get copied and filed. Use a password manager and record in your executor organizer how the person you trust can reach it.
What about cryptocurrency?
Access is the whole problem, and no document can recreate a lost key. Record where the keys are held and who can reach them, and treat that as part of the plan rather than an afterthought.
Does it need witnesses?
This document uses two disinterested adult witnesses, with notarisation optional unless the printed signing page says otherwise.
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