{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1-107","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.1-107","heading":"Governing law.","body":"The meaning and effect of the terms of a trust are determined by:\n(1) the law of the jurisdiction designated in the terms unless the designation of that jurisdiction's law is contrary to a strong public policy of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue; or\n(2) in the absence of a controlling designation in the terms of the trust, the law of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 456 - Trusts and Trustees — The Uniform Trust Code"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=456.1-107","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"4edea1f6b26e05930d22be221e287120efee68fc432fe3c9f6fe03909f2dba91","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1-106","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.1-108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}