{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"16600","citation":"Prob. Code, § 16600","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 4. TRUST ADMINISTRATION [16000. - 16632.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-9/part-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. California Uniform Directed Trust Act [16600. - 16632.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-9/part-4/chapter-6"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 721, Sec. 3.   (SB 801)   Effective January 1, 2024.","effective":"2024-01-01","html":"<p>(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Uniform Directed Trust Act.</p><p>(b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</p><p>(1) This chapter governs an arrangement commonly known as a directed trust.</p><p>(2) In a directed trust, the terms of the trust grant a person other than a trustee a power over some aspect of the trust’s administration.</p><p>(3) Under this chapter, this power is called a power of direction, the person that holds the power is called a trust director, a trustee that is subject to the power is called a directed trustee, and the trust is a directed trust.</p><p>(4) A directed trustee is required to take reasonable action to comply with a trust director’s exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction.</p><p>(5) Except for willful misconduct, a directed trustee is liable only for its own breach of trust in executing a direction and not for the trust director’s breach of trust in exercising or not exercising the power of direction.</p>","text":"(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Uniform Directed Trust Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) This chapter governs an arrangement commonly known as a directed trust. (2) In a directed trust, the terms of the trust grant a person other than a trustee a power over some aspect of the trust’s administration. (3) Under this chapter, this power is called a power of direction, the person that holds the power is called a trust director, a trustee that is subject to the power is called a directed trustee, and the trust is a directed trust. (4) A directed trustee is required to take reasonable action to comply with a trust director’s exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction. (5) Except for willful misconduct, a directed trustee is liable only for its own breach of trust in executing a direction and not for the trust director’s breach of trust in exercising or not exercising the power of direction.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/california-uniform-directed-trust-act-16600","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}