{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.10-1010","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.10-1010","heading":"Limitation on personal liability of trustee.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not 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.\n2. A trustee is 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.\n3. 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":["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=456.10-1010","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"fea56f121612e6c59950e00e41feeadc15fc6e9075a5a009c9545afb1c724947","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.10-1009","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.10-1011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}