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Miss. Code Ann. § 91-8-804 (2026)

Prudent administration

✓ current as of July 2026
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A trustee shall administer the trust as a prudent person would, by considering the purposes, terms, distributional requirements, and other circumstances of the trust. In satisfying this standard, the trustee shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution.

Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 421, SB 2727, 62, eff. 7/1/2014.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Wayne Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Quitman Sch. Dist. & The Sch. Bd. of The Quitman Sch. Dist. v. Keith Clay, Ben Graves, Leah Parson, Fred Andrews, Charles Chapman, Jimmy D. Barnett, & Terry Graham (Miss. 2022).
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Wayne Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Quitman Sch. Dist. & The Sch. Bd. of The Quitman Sch. Dist. v. Keith Clay, Ben Graves, Leah Parson, Fred Andrews, Charles Chapman, Jimmy D. Barnett, & Terry Graham (Miss. 2022). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 91-8-804 (Rev. 2021). Similarly, “[a] trustee shall take reasonable steps to take control of and protect the trust property.”
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