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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) General rule.--Any nonprofit corporation holding or receiving assets under section 5547 (relating to authority to take and hold trust property) may, by appropriate action of its board of directors or other body, transfer, which transfer may be either revocable or irrevocable, any such assets to a corporate trustee, which shall be a bank and trust company or a trust company incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth or a national banking association having fiduciary powers and having its principal office in this Commonwealth, as trustee and with like investment restrictions. In like manner the corporation may transfer, which transfer shall be revocable, any other part of its assets to such a corporate trustee, subject to the same powers, restrictions and obligations with respect to investment as are applicable to the corporation itself.
(b) Relief from liability.--Upon such transfer the board of directors or other body of the corporation shall be relieved of all liability for the administration of such assets for as long as such assets are administered by the corporate trustee.
(c) Amount and frequency of payment.--Such corporate trustee shall pay, at least semi-annually or at more frequent intervals if so agreed, the net income from such assets, which income may be determined under section 5548(c) (relating to investment of trust funds) if such election is properly made by the board of directors or other body of the corporation, to the corporation for use and application to the purpose or purposes for which the assets were received by the corporation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated Associations § 5549. Transfer of trust or other assets to institutional trustee - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-15-pacsa-corporations-and-unincorporated-associations/pa-csa-sect-15-5549/
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