Delaware is first state to adopt model law that says social media accounts can be inherited

By Martha Neil

Aug 20, 2014, 11:20 am CDT

When individuals die their social media accounts often expire along with them. Even if their loved ones have the passwords, terms of use for Facebook and other providers routinely restrict account-sharing.

But a uniform law that Delaware reportedly has become the first state to enact changes this expectation, recognizing social media accounts as property and providing for executives and heirs to get the passwords. 

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