§ 15200

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

Subject to other provisions of this chapter, a trust may be created by any of the following methods:

(a)A declaration by the owner of property that the owner holds the property as trustee.
(b)A transfer of property by the owner during the owner’s lifetime to another person as trustee.
(c)A transfer of property by the owner, by will or by other instrument taking effect upon the death of the owner, to another person as trustee.
(d)An exercise of a power of appointment to another person as trustee.
(e)An enforceable promise to create a trust.

Other sections in Chapter 1 - Creation and Validity of Trusts

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