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Wisconsin · Through 2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)

Wis. Stat. § 701.1010: Limitation on personal liability of trustee.

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  1. Chs. 700-711, Property
  2. Chapter 701 Trusts
  3. SUBCHAPTER X LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND RIGHTSOF PERSONS DEALING WITH TRUSTEE

(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.

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