{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-199","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-199","heading":"Validity of a trust for the care of domestic or pet","body":"animals.\n\nA. A trust for the care of designated domestic or pet animals\n\nis valid. Unless the trust instrument provides for an earlier\n\ntermination, the trust terminates when no living animal is covered\n\nby the trust.\n\nB. The instrument creating the trust shall be liberally\n\nconstrued to bring the transfer within the scope of trusts governed\n\nby this section, to presume against the mere precatory or honorary\n\nnature of the disposition, and to carry out the general intent of\n\nthe transferor. Extrinsic evidence is admissible in determining the\n\nintent of the transferor.\n\nC. If a trustee is not designated or no designated or successor\n\ntrustee is willing or able to serve, a court shall name a trustee.\n\nUnless otherwise permitted by the trust, the trustee and the\n\nenforcer as provided in subsection D of this section shall not be\n\nthe same person. The trustee shall be entitled to reasonable\n\ntrustee fees and expenses for the administration, unless otherwise\n\nprovided in the trust instrument. The trustee of a trust created in\n\naccordance with this section shall ensure that care is provided for\n\nthe benefit of the animal in accordance with the terms of the trust\n\nor, in absence of any terms, shall ensure that care is provided that\n\nis reasonable under the circumstances. The trustee may employ\n\nagents or contractors to provide any care and pay for the care from\n\nthe assets of the trust. The trustee shall also ensure that the\n\nproperty of a trust authorized by this section is applied only to\n\nits intended use.\n\nD. A trust authorized by this section may be enforced by a\n\nperson appointed in the trust instrument, the caretaker of the\n\ndesignated animal or animals, and the remainder beneficiary, or, if\n\nnone, by an individual appointed by a court upon application to it\n\nby an individual.\n\nE. Accountings otherwise required by law shall be provided to\n\nthose persons qualified as an enforcer as provided for in subsection\n\nD of this section. However, if the value of the assets in the trust\n\ndoes not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), no filing,\n\nreport, registration, periodic accounting, separate maintenance of\n\nfunds, appointment, or fee shall be required by reason of the\n\nexistence of the fiduciary relationship of the trustee, unless\n\nordered by the court or required by the trust instrument.\n\nF. Each trust created pursuant to this section shall identify a\n\nremainder beneficiary. If none is named, the trustee shall transfer\n\nany unexpended trust property upon termination of the trust to the\n\ntransferor, if then living, or if not living, to the transferor’s\n\nsuccessors in interest.\n\nG. For purposes of Section 175.47 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, the beneficiary or beneficiaries in being at the creation\n\nof the trust shall include the caretaker of the designated animal or\n\nanimals and the remainder beneficiaries.","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":"64934d46f89f2d1686483807a956127524b62dcaf36244a4b5001c085c4fe854","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-181","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}