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Indiana Code Title 30. Trusts and Fiduciaries § 30-4-1-1

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Sec. 1. (a) A trust is a fiduciary relationship between a person who, as trustee, holds title to property and another person for whom, as beneficiary, the title is held.

(b) Subject to IC 30-4-2-8, the same person may be both the trustee and a beneficiary.

(c) The rules of law contained in this article do not apply to:

(1) trusts created by operation of law;

(2) business trusts (as defined in IC 23-5-1);

(3) security instruments and creditor arrangements;

(4) voting trusts;

(5) religious, educational, and cultural institutions, created in other than trust form, except with respect to the application of IC 30-4-5-18 through IC 30-4-5-23 as those sections relate to the maintenance of federal income tax exemption privileges to which an institution is entitled;

(6) corporations and other entities governed by IC 23-17, except with respect to IC 30-4-5-18 through IC 30-4-5-23 as those sections relate to the maintenance of federal income tax exemption privileges to which a corporation or other entity is entitled;

(7) except as provided in this article for trusts for a benevolent public purpose and as provided in the Indiana uniform prudent investor act (IC 30-4-3.5):

(A) prepaid funeral plans;

(B) trusts for the care and upkeep of cemeteries;  and

(C) agreements to furnish funeral services;  and

(8) trusts created or authorized by statute other than this article.

(d) IC 30-4-3-2(a) applies to an employee benefit trust that meets the requirements set forth in IC 30-4-3-2(c).  However, no other provision of this article applies to an employee benefit trust.

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