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Texas Property Code § 112.032

Active and Passive Trusts; Statute of Uses

Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination of Trusts · Validity

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), title to real property held in trust vests directly in the beneficiary if the trustee has neither a power nor a duty related to the administration of the trust.

(b) The title of a trustee in real property is not divested if the trustee's title is not merely nominal but is subject to a power or duty in relation to the property.

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

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Legislative history

Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3332, ch. 567, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.