Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 14401
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 14401
- Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
§ 14401. Types of trust functions
(a) With the prior approval of its governing board, a financial institution may act alone or with others as:
(1) fiduciary;
(2) custodian of property;
(3) agent or attorney in fact;
(4) registrar or transfer agent of securities;
(5) trustees under corporate mortgages, trust deeds or similar indentures; or
(6) fiscal agent of the United States, a political subdivision thereof, a body politic, a corporation, or an individual.
(b) With that approval, a financial institution may also be appointed and act as executor or coexecutor of a will, codicil, or writing testamentary, as administrator or co-administrator with the will annexed, as administrator or co-administrator of a person deceased, as receiver, assignee, trustee, alone or with others, or as guardian or co-guardian of a person subject to guardianship, and with that approval may relinquish the fiduciary office, under the same circumstances, in the same manner and subject to the same control by a court having jurisdiction, as a natural person legally qualified. (Added 1999, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.)