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DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW 15000-19530›PART 6. RIGHTS OF THIRD PERSONS 18000-18201›CHAPTER 1. Liability of Trustee to Third Persons 18000-18005

§ 18000

California Probate Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the contract or in this chapter, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity in the course of administration of the trust unless the trustee fails to reveal the trustee’s representative capacity or identify the trust in the contract.

(b) The personal liability of a trustee on a contract entered into before July 1, 1987, is governed by prior law and not by this section.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

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