{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-21","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-12-21","heading":"Formal and precatory words.","body":"(a) No formal words shall be necessary to create an express trust.\n(b) Words otherwise precatory in nature will create a trust only if they are sufficiently imperative to show a settlor’s intention to impose enforceable duties on a trustee and if all other elements of an express trust are present.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 12 Trusts","Article 2 Creation and Validity of Express Trusts"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.53.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"e63206bae264566a402ec4a2d28d1cd9db46262abccc0a30fd31d3962190b5e7","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-20","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}