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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 768<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":376471,"section_number":"64.2-779.29","catch_line":"Powers of trust director","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-779.29\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1501655,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376474,"identifier":"64.2-779.31","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.31","url":"\/64.2-779.31\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.31\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.31","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty and liability of trust director","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.31","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Subject to subsection B, with respect to a power of direction<\/span> or further power under subdivision B 1 of \u00a7 64.2-779.29<\/a>: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A trust director<\/span> has the same fiduciary<\/span> duty and liability in the exercise or nonexercise of the power:\n\t\t\t\ta. If the power is held individually, as a sole trustee<\/span> in a like position and under similar circumstances; or

\t\t\t\tb. If the power is held jointly with a trustee<\/span> or another trust director<\/span>, as a cotrustee in a like position and under similar circumstances; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The terms of the trust may vary the trust director<\/span>’s duty or liability to the same extent the terms of the trust could vary the duty or liability of a trustee<\/span> in a like position and under similar circumstances. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, if a trust director<\/span> is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law<\/span> other than this article to provide health care in the ordinary course of the trust director<\/span>’s business or practice of a profession, to the extent the trust director<\/span> acts in that capacity, the trust director<\/span> has no duty or liability under this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The terms of a trust may impose a duty or liability on a trust director<\/span> in addition to the duties and liabilities imposed under this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY AND LIABILITY OF TRUST DIRECTOR (\u00a7 64.2-779.31)\n\nA. Subject to subsection B, with respect to a power of direction or further\npower under subdivision B 1 of \u00a7 64.2-779.29:\n\n 1. A trust director has the same fiduciary duty and liability in the exercise\n or nonexercise of the power:\n \t\t\t\ta. If the power is held individually, as a sole trustee in a like position\n and under similar circumstances; or\t\t\t\tb. If the power is held jointly with a\n trustee or another trust director, as a cotrustee in a like position and under\n similar circumstances; and\n\n 2. The terms of the trust may vary the trust director’s duty or\n liability to the same extent the terms of the trust could vary the duty or\n liability of a trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances.\n\nB. Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, if a trust director is\nlicensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law other than this\narticle to provide health care in the ordinary course of the trust\ndirector’s business or practice of a profession, to the extent the trust\ndirector acts in that capacity, the trust director has no duty or liability\nunder this article.\n\nC. The terms of a trust may impose a duty or liability on a trust director in\naddition to the duties and liabilities imposed under this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 768.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}