{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-4-401","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 44D-4-401","heading":"Methods of creating trust.","body":"(a) A trust may be created by:\n(1) Transfer of property to another person as trustee during the grantor's lifetime by the grantor or by will or by other disposition taking effect upon the grantor's death;\n(2) Declaration by the owner of property that the owner holds identifiable property as trustee;\n(3) Exercise of a power of appointment in favor of a trustee; or\n(4) An order of the court.\n(b) During the grantor's lifetime, a trust may also be created by the grantor's agent acting in accordance with authority granted under a durable power of attorney which expressly authorizes the agent to create a trust on the grantor's behalf or which expressly authorizes the agent to fund an existing trust of the grantor on the grantor's behalf.","path":["CHAPTER 44D. UNIFORM TRUST CODE.","ARTICLE 4. CREATION, VALIDITY, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/44D-4-401/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:40Z","sha256":"5ca09f170ff89871b97762423e4d52b50608c9154ec23ecc0848c9182d4474da","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-3-305","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-44d-4-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}