The trustee has a duty to take reasonable steps under the circumstances to take and keep control of and to preserve the trust property.
Cal. Prob. Code § 16006
Trustee’s Duties in General
Known as the Trust Law
The act spans §§ 15000–19403 (351 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 1 Cal. App. 4th 1093 - Pierce v. Lyman (1991)
Most recently applied in 231 Cal. App. 4th 885 - California Valley Miwok Tribe v. California Gambling Control Commission (November 2014)
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.