Section 15600 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Probate Code >> Division 9. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The person named as trustee may accept the trust, or a
modification of the trust, by one of the following methods:
(1) Signing the trust instrument or the trust instrument as
modified, or signing a separate written acceptance.
(2) Knowingly exercising powers or performing duties under the
trust instrument or the trust instrument as modified, except as
provided in subdivision (b).
(b) In a case where there is an immediate risk of damage to the
trust property, the person named as trustee may act to preserve the
trust property without accepting the trust or a modification of the
trust, if within a reasonable time after acting the person delivers a
written rejection of the trust or the modification of the trust to
the settlor or, if the settlor is dead or incompetent, to a
beneficiary. This subdivision does not impose a duty on the person
named as trustee to act.