Legal regulation of inheritance of digital assets with the participation of notaries: best practices

The article is devoted to the study of foreign experience in the legal regulation of inheritance of digital assets with the participation of notaries. During the study, the websites of notaries in the following countries were analyzed: France, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain. These jurisdictions establish a permissive model for regulating digital assets. It was determined that in Russian practice it is possible to use some of the countries’ experience, which is considered effective: 1) in relation to digital currency, it seems appropriate to establish a rule establishing the possibility of inheritance of tokens; 2) when inheriting social network accounts and personal blogs, heirs must prove their ownership to the testator; 3) the possibility of transferring rights to administer domains by inheritance should be provided only when the heir enters into the inheritance and provides the registrar with evidence of acceptance of the inheritance.