{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-15600","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 15600","heading":"","body":"(a) The person named as trustee may accept the trust, or a modification of the trust, by one of the following methods:\n(1) Signing the trust instrument or the trust instrument as modified, or signing a separate written acceptance.\n(2) Knowingly exercising powers or performing duties under the trust instrument or the trust instrument as modified, except as provided in subdivision (b).\n(b) In a case where there is an immediate risk of damage to the trust property, the person named as trustee may act to preserve the trust property without accepting the trust or a modification of the trust, if within a reasonable time after acting the person delivers a written rejection of the trust or the modification of the trust to the settlor or, if the settlor is dead or incompetent, to a beneficiary. This subdivision does not impose a duty on the person named as trustee to act.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW [15000. - 19530.]","PART 3. TRUSTEES AND BENEFICIARIES [15600. - 15805.]","CHAPTER 1. Trustees [15600. - 15688.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [15600. - 15604.]"],"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":"a7535117952aa12d6a906937f0949a0e9d7880915c07f641d8bfcfe2b4901042","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-15414","next":"us-ca/prob-15601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}