Section 16222 Of Article 2. Specific Powers Of Trustees From California Probate Code >> Division 9. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
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. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the trustee has the power to
continue or participate in the operation of any business or other
enterprise that is part of the trust property and may effect
incorporation, dissolution, or other change in the form of the
organization of the business or enterprise.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the trustee may
continue the operation of a business or other enterprise only as
authorized by the trust instrument or by the court. For the purpose
of this subdivision, the lease of four or fewer residential units is
not considered to be the operation of a business or other enterprise.
(c) The trustee may continue the operation of a business or other
enterprise for a reasonable time pending a court hearing on the
matter or pending a sale of the business or other enterprise.
(d) The limitation provided in subdivision (b) does not affect any
power to continue or participate in the operation of a business or
other enterprise that the trustee has under a trust created by an
instrument executed before July 1, 1987.