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Probate Code - PROB

DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW [15000 - 19530]

  ( Division 9 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. )
  

PART 2. CREATION, VALIDITY, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION OF TRUSTS [15200 - 15414]

  ( Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Creation and Validity of Trusts [15200 - 15212]
  ( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. )

  
15200.  

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.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)