2025 Session
Last amended: 2015 session
§ 501C.0702 — Trustee's Bond
Plain-Language Summary
Covers when a trustee must post a bond to protect beneficiaries.
501C.0702 TRUSTEE’S BOND.
(a) A trustee shall give bond to secure performance of the trustee’s duties only if the court finds that a bond is needed to protect the interests of the beneficiaries or is required by the terms of the trust and the court has not dispensed with the requirement.
(b) The court may specify the amount of a bond, its liabilities, and whether sureties are necessary. The court may modify or terminate a bond at any time.
(c) A regulated financial-service institution qualified to do trust business in this state need not give bond, even if required by the terms of the trust.
History:
History: History:
2015 c 5 art 7 s 2
Practical Notes
A court may require a trustee to post a bond, but the trust document can waive this.