Probate Code section 15200

Subject to other provisions of this chapter, a trust may be created by any of the following methods:

(a)

A declaration by the owner of property that the owner holds the property as trustee.

(b)

A transfer of property by the owner during the owner’s lifetime to another person as trustee.

(c)

A transfer of property by the owner, by will or by other instrument taking effect upon the death of the owner, to another person as trustee.

(d)

An exercise of a power of appointment to another person as trustee.

(e)

An enforceable promise to create a trust.

Source: Section 15200, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=15200.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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