Tex. Prop. Code § 112.008 · Subchapter A. CREATION
CAPACITY OF TRUSTEE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The trustee must have the legal capacity to take, hold, and transfer the trust property. If the trustee is a corporation, it must have the power to act as a trustee in this state.
(b) Except as provided by Section 112.034, the fact that the person named as trustee is also a beneficiary does not disqualify the person from acting as trustee if he is otherwise qualified.
(c) The settlor of a trust may be the trustee of the trust.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3332, ch. 567, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.112.htm
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