California Probate Code ARTICLE 1 - Trustee’s Duties in General

• Section 16000.
  On acceptance of the trust, the trustee has a duty to administer the trust according to the trust instrument and, except to the extent the...
• Section 16001.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the trustee of a revocable trust shall follow any written direction acceptable to the trustee given from time to...
• Section 16002.
  (a) The trustee has a duty to administer the trust solely in the interest of the beneficiaries.(b) It is not a violation of the duty provided in...
• Section 16003.
  If a trust has two or more beneficiaries, the trustee has a duty to deal impartially with them and shall act impartially in investing and...
• Section 16004.
  (a) The trustee has a duty not to use or deal with trust property for the trustee’s own profit or for any other purpose unconnected with...
• Section 16004.5.
  (a) A trustee may not require a beneficiary to relieve the trustee of liability as a condition for making a distribution or payment to, or for...
• Section 16005.
  The trustee of one trust has a duty not to knowingly become a trustee of another trust adverse in its nature to the interest of...
• Section 16006.
  The trustee has a duty to take reasonable steps under the circumstances to take and keep control of and to preserve the trust property.(Enacted by...
• Section 16007.
  The trustee has a duty to make the trust property productive under the circumstances and in furtherance of the purposes of the trust.(Enacted by Stats....
• Section 16009.
  The trustee has a duty to do the following:(a) To keep the trust property separate from other property not subject to the trust.(b) To see that the...
• Section 16010.
  The trustee has a duty to take reasonable steps to enforce claims that are part of the trust property.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)
• Section 16011.
  The trustee has a duty to take reasonable steps to defend actions that may result in a loss to the trust.(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch.
• Section 16012.
  (a) The trustee has a duty not to delegate to others the performance of acts that the trustee can reasonably be required personally to perform and...
• Section 16013.
  If a trust has more than one trustee, each trustee has a duty to do the following:(a) To participate in the administration of the trust.(b) To take...
• Section 16014.
  (a) The trustee has a duty to apply the full extent of the trustee’s skills.(b) If the settlor, in selecting the trustee, has relied on the trustee’s...
• Section 16015.
  The provision of services for compensation by a regulated financial institution or its affiliates in the ordinary course of business either to a trust of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018