(1) When acting as a fiduciary or in any other capacity in which the duties, powers, liabilities, rights, and compensation are regulated by law, or under the control or supervision of the court, banks and trust companies shall, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, be subject to the same duties and responsibilities, have the same rights and powers, and receive the same compensation as is allowed the individual holding or exercising similar offices or trusts.
(2) Upon all bonds required to be executed by such corporation before any court, the capital stock shall be the only security required for the faithful performance of its duties, unless the court or officer before whom the bond is executed, or some party in interest demands additional security.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.3-220

  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Stock: means the corporation's shares. See Kentucky Statutes 286.3-010
  • Trust company: includes every corporation authorized by this subtitle to do a trust business. See Kentucky Statutes 286.3-010
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(3) A bank or trust company serving as a trustee of multiple trusts having one (1) or more common beneficiaries or remainder beneficiaries, need not obtain court approval for performance or execution of its duties, and it shall not be considered a conflict of interest solely because all beneficiaries or remainder beneficiaries of the trusts are not identical.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 440, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. — Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 598b-4,
611.
Formerly codified as KRS § 287.220.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286.