Va. Code § 64.2-801: Limitation on personal liability of trustee
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 64.2. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES
- Subtitle III. TRUSTS
- Chapter 7. UNIFORM TRUST CODE
- Article 10. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND RIGHTS OF PERSONS 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 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.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.2005, c. 935, § 55-550.10; 2012, c. 614.
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