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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376506</law_id><section_number>64.2-797</section_number><catch_line>Reliance on trust instrument</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="136" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Trusts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Uniform Trust Code</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="11" identifier="10">Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing With Trustee</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> who acts in reasonable reliance on the terms of the trust as expressed in the <span class="dictionary">trust instrument</span> is not liable to a <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span> for a breach of trust to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 935, &#xA7; 55-550.06; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
