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Minnesota · Through 2025 Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 501C.1010: LIMITATION ON PERSONAL LIABILITY OF TRUSTEE.

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  1. PROPERTY AND PROPERTY INTERESTS
  2. CHAPTER 501C. TRUSTS
  3. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND RIGHTS OF PERSON DEALING WITH TRUSTEE

(a) 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.

(b) A trustee is not 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, unless the trustee is personally at fault.

(c) 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 asserted in a judicial proceeding against the trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee is personally liable for the claim.

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