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Texas Finance Code § 274.201

Designation of Affiliated Bank as Fiduciary in Will

Substitute or Successor Fiduciary · Banks Affiliated with Subsidiary Trust Companies

The prospective designation in a will or other instrument of an affiliated bank of a subsidiary trust company as fiduciary is also considered a designation of the company as fiduciary and confers on the company any discretionary power granted in the instrument unless:

(1) the bank and company agree in writing to have the designation of the bank as fiduciary be binding; or

(2) the creator of the fiduciary account, by appropriate language in the document creating the account, provides that the account is not eligible for substitution under this chapter.

Official text of the Texas Finance Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.