{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-7790","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 7790","heading":"Limitation on personal liability of trustee - UTC 1010.","body":"(a) When trustee not personally liable.--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.\n(b) When trustee personally liable.--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.\n(c) Assertion of claim.--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 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 77 TRUSTS","SUBCHAPTER I LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEALING WITH TRUSTEES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=77\u0026sctn=90\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"b4ffca78f21f07068a7b7cea504314d7061a0ae532e4833a08a2540de56fa22e","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-7789","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-7790.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}