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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Any trust company exercising the powers and performing the duties described in this chapter shall keep inviolate all communications and writings made to or by that trust company relating to the existence, condition, management or administration of any agency or fiduciary account confided to it and no creditor or stockholder of any such trust company shall be entitled to disclosure or knowledge of any such communication or writing, except that the directors, president, vice president, manager, treasurer, and trust officers, and any employees assigned to work on the trust business, and the attorney or auditor employed by it shall be entitled to knowledge of any such communication or writing and except that in any suit or proceeding relating to the existence, condition, management or administration of the account, the court in which the suit is pending may require disclosure of any such communication or writing. A trust company is not, however, precluded from filing an action in court to protect trust account property or as authorized under Title 75, Utah Uniform Probate Code.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 7. Financial Institutions Act § 7-5-6. Confidentiality of communications and writings concerning trust--Actions to protect property or authorized under probate laws not precluded - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-7-financial-institutions-act/ut-code-sect-7-5-6/
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