Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 633A.3103 (2026)

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Except to the extent the terms of the trust otherwise provide, while a trust is revocable, all of the following apply unless the trustee actually knows that the individual holding the power to revoke the trust is not competent: 1. The holder of the power, and not the beneficiary, has the rights afforded beneficiaries. 2. The duties of the trustee are owed to the holder of the power. 3. The trustee shall follow a written direction given by the holder of the power, or a person to whom the power has been delegated in writing, without liability for so doing, so long as the action by the delegate is authorized by the trust unless the trustee actually knows that the direction violates the terms of the trust. 99 Acts, ch 125, §27, 109 C2001, §633.3103 2005 Acts, ch 38, §54 CS2005, §633A.3103 2006 Acts, ch 1104, §5 Referred to in §633A.3105, 633A.6202

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2013–2017 · leading case: In the Matter of Trust T-1 of Mary Faye Trimble, Judith R. Cunningham, Tr., 826 N.W.2d 474 (Iowa 2013).
In the Matter of Trust T-1 of Mary Faye Trimble, Judith R. Cunningham, Tr., 826 N.W.2d 474 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 25× “See Iowa Code § 633A.3103 (“[W]hile a trust is revocable .”
Kerby v. Jerry Kerby Revocable Trust (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 633A.3103 (2016) (noting in a revocable trust the “holder of the power” has the rights afforded to beneficiaries and the duties of a trustee are owed to the “holder of the power,” not to the beneficiaries), 633A.”
— Iowa Code § 633A.3103(2) — 1 case
In the Matter of Trust T-1 of Mary Faye Trimble, Judith R. Cunningham, Tr., 826 N.W.2d 474 (Iowa 2013). “See Iowa Code § 633A.3103 (“[W]hile a trust is revocable .”
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