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Miss. Code Ann. § 91-9-715

Qualified trustees; advisors

Laws, 2014, ch. 513, § 8, eff from and after July 1, 2014.

For purposes of this article, neither the transferor nor any other natural person who is a nonresident of this state nor an entity that is not authorized by the law of this state to act as a trustee or whose activities are not subject to supervision as provided in Section 91-9-703(k)(1) shall be considered a qualified trustee; however, nothing in this article shall preclude a transferor from appointing one (1) or more advisors, including, but not limited to:

(1) Advisors who have authority under the terms of the trust instrument to remove and appoint qualified trustees or trust advisors;

(2) Advisors who have authority under the terms of the trust instrument to direct, consent to or disapprove distributions from the trust; and

(3) Investment advisors, whether or not the advisors would meet the requirements imposed by Section 91-9-703(k).

For purposes of subsection (a), “advisor” includes a trust “protector” or any other person who, in addition to a qualified trustee, holds one or more trust powers.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.