California Probate Code CHAPTER 1 - Liability of Trustee to Third Persons

• Section 18000.
  (a) Unless otherwise provided in the contract or in this chapter, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee’s...
• Section 18001.
  A trustee is personally liable for obligations arising from ownership or control of trust property only if the trustee is personally at fault.(Enacted by Stats....
• Section 18002.
  A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administration of the trust only if the trustee is personally at fault.(Enacted by...
• Section 18003.
  (a) A cotrustee who does not join in exercising a power held by three or more cotrustees is not liable to third persons for the consequences...
• Section 18004.
  A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee’s representative capacity, on an obligation arising from ownership or control of...
• Section 18005.
  The question of liability as between the trust estate and the trustee personally may be determined in a proceeding under Section 17200.(Enacted by Stats. 1990,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018