Tex. Prop. Code § 112.001

METHODS OF CREATING TRUST

Known as the Texas Trust Code

The act spans §§ 111.001 to 116.206 (165 sections).

Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case Huie v. DeShazo (1996)

Most recently applied in Occidental Petroleum v. Wells Fargo (September 2024)

Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3332, ch. 567, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff

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A trust may be created by:

(1) a property owner's declaration that the owner holds the property as trustee for another person;

(2) a property owner's inter vivos transfer of the property to another person as trustee for the transferor or a third person;

(3) a property owner's testamentary transfer to another person as trustee for a third person;

(4) an appointment under a power of appointment to another person as trustee for the donee of the power or for a third person; or

(5) a promise to another person whose rights under the promise are to be held in trust for a third person.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.