Ark. Code Ann. § 28-73-202

Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary

Known as the Arkansas Trust Code

The act spans §§ 28–28 (103 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hamilton v. Bank of the Ozarks (In re Hamilton Living Trust Dated September 22, 2003) (2019)

Most recently applied in Hamilton v. Bank of the Ozarks (In re Hamilton Living Trust Dated September 22, 2003) (February 2019)

Acts 2005, No. 1031, § 1.

(1) By accepting the trusteeship of a trust having its principal place of administration in this state or by moving the principal place of administration to this state, the trustee submits personally to the jurisdiction of a court of this state regarding any matter involving the trust.

(2) With respect to their interests in the trust, the beneficiaries of a trust having its principal place of administration in this state are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the trust. By accepting a distribution from such a trust, the recipient submits personally to the jurisdiction of a court of this state regarding any matter involving the trust.

(3) This section does not preclude other methods of obtaining jurisdiction over a trustee, beneficiary, or other person receiving property from the trust.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.