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PROB § 15600

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  1. Probate Code - PROB
  2. DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW [15000. - 19530.]
  3. PART 3. TRUSTEES AND BENEFICIARIES [15600. - 15805.]
  4. CHAPTER 1. Trustees [15600. - 15688.]
  5. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [15600. - 15604.]

(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.

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