{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-15200","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 15200","heading":"","body":"Subject to other provisions of this chapter, a trust may be created by any of the following methods:\n(a) A declaration by the owner of property that the owner holds the property as trustee.\n(b) A transfer of property by the owner during the owner’s lifetime to another person as trustee.\n(c) A transfer of property by the owner, by will or by other instrument taking effect upon the death of the owner, to another person as trustee.\n(d) An exercise of a power of appointment to another person as trustee.\n(e) An enforceable promise to create a trust.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW [15000. - 19530.]","PART 2. CREATION, VALIDITY, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION OF TRUSTS [15200. - 15414.]","CHAPTER 1. Creation and Validity of Trusts [15200. - 15212.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"645c0a7405703b2dff40e7d4efba49c971031e7712944e08c143fd3c2f153eea","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-15004","next":"us-ca/prob-15201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}