{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-11.98.011","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 11.98.011","heading":"Trust creation—Requirements.","body":"(1) A trust is created only if:\n(a) The trustor has capacity to create a trust;\n(b) The trustor indicates an intention to create the trust;\n(c) The trust has a definite beneficiary or is:\n(i) A charitable trust;\n(ii) A trust for the care of an animal, as provided in chapter 11.118 RCW; or\n(iii) A trust for a noncharitable purpose, as provided in RCW 11.98.015;\n(d) The trustee has duties to perform; and\n(e) The same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.\n(2) A beneficiary is definite if the beneficiary can be ascertained now or in the future, subject to any applicable rule against perpetuities.\n(3) A power in a trustee to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is valid, except to the extent that the trustee may distribute trust property to himself or herself. If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, the power fails and the property subject to the power passes to the persons who would have taken the property had the power not been conferred.","path":["Title 11","Chapter 11.98"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=11.98.011","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:59:52Z","sha256":"af12e8ce02af5276b53e27967f9cbb28ae5067a16dc90b8f93fd4361642f48bf","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-11.98.009","next":"us-wa/rcw-11.98.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}