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DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW 15000-19530›PART 4. TRUST ADMINISTRATION 16000-16632›CHAPTER 3. Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act 16320-16383›ARTICLE 3. Unitrust 16330-16338

§ 16330

California Probate Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The following definitions apply for purposes of this article:

(a) “Applicable value” means the amount of the net fair market value of a trust taken into account under Section 16336.

(b) “Express unitrust” means a trust for which, under the terms of the trust without regard to this article, income or net income shall or may be calculated as a unitrust amount.

(c) “Income trust” means a trust that is not a unitrust.

(d) “Net fair market value of a trust” means the fair market value of the assets of the trust, less the noncontingent liabilities of the trust.

(e) “Unitrust” means a trust for which net income is a unitrust amount. The term includes an express unitrust.

(f) “Unitrust amount” means an amount computed by multiplying a determined value of a trust by a determined percentage. For a unitrust administered under a unitrust plan, the term means the applicable value, multiplied by the unitrust rate.

(g) “Unitrust plan” means a plan described in Sections 16334 to 16338, inclusive, and adopted pursuant to Section 16332.

(h) “Unitrust rate” means the rate used to compute the unitrust amount under subdivision (f) for a unitrust administered under a unitrust plan.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 28, Sec. 2. (SB 522) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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