{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-203e-1010","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, § 1010","heading":"Limitation on personal liability of trustee","body":"Section 1010. Limitation on personal liability of trustee\n(a) Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee shall not be 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.\n(b) A trustee shall be 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.\n(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.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 203E"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter203E/Section1010","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:35Z","sha256":"2a3e6e150c8deda21273be32af25a9dd6af5a076bc6e0a13d0c300ce15e0eaa2","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-203e-1009","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-203e-1011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}