{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"15600","citation":"Prob. Code, § 15600","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW [15000. - 19530.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-9"},{"name":"PART 3. TRUSTEES AND BENEFICIARIES [15600. - 15805.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-9/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Trustees [15600. - 15688.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-9/part-3/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [15600. - 15604.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-9/part-3/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) The person named as trustee may accept the trust, or a modification of the trust, by one of the following methods:</p><p>(1) Signing the trust instrument or the trust instrument as modified, or signing a separate written acceptance.</p><p>(2) Knowingly exercising powers or performing duties under the trust instrument or the trust instrument as modified, except as provided in subdivision (b).</p><p>(b) In a case where there is an immediate risk of damage to the trust property, the person named as trustee may act to preserve the trust property without accepting the trust or a modification of the trust, if within a reasonable time after acting the person delivers a written rejection of the trust or the modification of the trust to the settlor or, if the settlor is dead or incompetent, to a beneficiary. This subdivision does not impose a duty on the person named as trustee to act.</p>","text":"(a) The person named as trustee may accept the trust, or a modification of the trust, by one of the following methods: (1) Signing the trust instrument or the trust instrument as modified, or signing a separate written acceptance. (2) Knowingly exercising powers or performing duties under the trust instrument or the trust instrument as modified, except as provided in subdivision (b). (b) In a case where there is an immediate risk of damage to the trust property, the person named as trustee may act to preserve the trust property without accepting the trust or a modification of the trust, if within a reasonable time after acting the person delivers a written rejection of the trust or the modification of the trust to the settlor or, if the settlor is dead or incompetent, to a beneficiary. This subdivision does not impose a duty on the person named as trustee to act.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/general-provisions-15600","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}