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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 386B.10-100: Limitation on personal liability of trustee.

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    (1) Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on a

    contract properly entered into in the trustee's fiduciary capacity in the course of

    administering the trust if the trustee in the contract disclosed the fiduciary capacity.

    (2) A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administering a

    trust, or for obligations arising from ownership or control of trust property,

    including liability for violation of environmental law, only if the trustee is

    personally at fault.

    (3) A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee's fiduciary

    capacity, on an obligation arising from ownership or control of trust property, or on

    a tort committed in the course of administering a trust, may be asserte d in a judicial

    proceeding against the trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, whether or not the

    trustee is personally liable for the claim.

    (4) The question of liability as between the trust estate and the trustee individually may

    be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge, or indemnification or

    other appropriate proceeding.

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