{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-175.6","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-175.6","heading":"Manner of creating trust - Beneficiary as cotrustee","body":"A trust may be created by:\n\nA. A declaration by the owner of property that he holds it as\n\ntrustee for another person, or for himself and another person or\n\npersons; or\n\nB. A transfer inter vivos by the owner of property to another\n\nperson as trustee for the transferor or for a third person; or\n\nC. A transfer by will by the owner of property to another\n\nperson as trustee for a third person; or\n\nD. An appointment by one person having a power of appointment\n\nto another person as trustee for the donee of the power or for a\n\nthird person; or\n\nE. A promise by one person to another person whose rights\n\nthereunder are to be held in trust for a third person; or\n\nF. A beneficiary may be a cotrustee and the legal and equitable\n\ntitle to the trust estate shall not merge by reason thereof.\n\nProvided, however, that no trust in relation to real property shall\n\nbe valid, unless created or declared:\n\n1. By a written instrument subscribed by the trustor or by his\n\nagent thereto authorized by writing;\n\n2. By the instrument under which the trustee claims the estate\n\naffected.","path":["OK Code","Title 60"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os60.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4a9d6ecd33047bf716a2f4000df2391b429df5c6577c700bfb83c7919834fdb2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-175.57","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-175.60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}