(a) (Reserved).
(a.1) Protection from liability.--Unless a person assisting or dealing with a trustee has actual knowledge that the trustee is committing a breach of trust or has knowledge of such facts that the trustee's conduct amounts to bad faith, the person:
(1) may assume without inquiry the existence of trust powers and their proper exercise by the trustee;
(2) is not bound to inquire whether the trustee has power to act or is properly exercising the power; and
(3) is fully protected in dealing with the trustee as if the trustee possessed and properly exercised the powers the trustee purports to exercise.
(b) No requirement to inquire.--A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith deals with a trustee is not required to inquire into the extent of the trustee's powers or the propriety of their exercise.
(c) (Reserved).
(c.1) Ultra vires.--A trustee's act may not be set aside or not specifically enforced because the trustee's act was not authorized by section 7780.5 (relating to powers of trustees - UTC 815) or 7780.6 (relating to illustrative powers of trustee) or because the trustee's act was authorized but the authority was improperly exercised. A court's power to set aside a transaction for fraud, accident, mistake or self-dealing is unaffected by this subsection.
(d) Former trustee.--A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith assists a former trustee, or who in good faith and for value deals with a former trustee, without knowledge that the trusteeship has terminated is protected from liability as if the former trustee were still a trustee.
(e) Effect of other laws.--Comparable protective provisions of other laws relating to commercial transactions or transfer of securities by fiduciaries prevail over the protection provided by this section.