Probate Code § 15200

CHAPTER 1. Creation and Validity of Trusts

Current as of September 28, 2026Prob. Code, § 15200Official source ↗

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.