§ 736.0102, Fla. Stat. · Part I. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Scope.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this code applies to express trusts, charitable or noncharitable, and trusts created pursuant to a law, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust.
(2) This code does not apply to constructive or resulting trusts; conservatorships; custodial arrangements pursuant to the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; business trusts providing for certificates to be issued to beneficiaries; common trust funds; trusts created by the form of the account or by the deposit agreement at a financial institution; voting trusts; security arrangements; liquidation trusts; trusts for the primary purpose of paying debts, dividends, interest, salaries, wages, profits, pensions, or employee benefits of any kind; and any arrangement under which a person is nominee or escrowee for another.
(3) This code does not apply to any land trust under s. 689.071, except to the extent provided in s. 689.071(7), s. 721.08(2)(c)4., or s. 721.53(1)(e). A trust governed at its creation by this chapter, former chapter 737, or any prior trust statute superseded or replaced by any provision of former chapter 737, is not a land trust regardless of any amendment or modification of the trust, any change in the assets held in the trust, or any continuing trust resulting from the distribution or retention in further trust of assets from the trust.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 2006-217; s. 10, ch. 2007-153; s. 3, ch. 2013-240.
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The Florida Statutes
- § 689.071, Fla. Stat.Florida Land Trust Act.Printed as s. 689.071; s. 689.071(7)
- § 721.08, Fla. Stat.Escrow accounts; nondisturbance instruments; alternate security arrangements; transfer of legal title.Printed as s. 721.08(2)(c)4.
- § 721.53, Fla. Stat.Subordination instruments; alternate security arrangements.Printed as s. 721.53(1)(e)
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