The Uniform Trust Code (UTC) is a model law which aims to standardize the law of trusts throughout the United States. As of 2022, 36 sates in the United States have enacted a version of the UTC.
The UTC was drafted and adopted by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), which was established in 1892 to provide U.S. states with model legislation that clarifies and standardizes various areas of statutory law. A copy of the UTC as of April 2023 can be found here.1
The UTC consists of 11 articles:
- General Provisions and Definitions
- Juridical Proceedings
- Representation
- Creation, Validity, Modification and Termination
- Creditor’s Claims, Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts
- Revocable Trusts
- Office of Trustee
- Duties and Powers of the Trustee
- Uniform Prudent Investor Act
- Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing with Trustee
- Miscellaneous Provisions
As of 2023, the following states have adopted the UTC in full or in part:
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia (DC)
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming