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to:1\n\nThe powers or duties of the trust director; and2\n\nThe powers or duties of the trustee or other trust director.C\n\nA trustee that acts in reliance on information provided by a trust director is not liable for a breach of trust to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance, unless by so acting the trustee engages in willful misconduct.D\n\nA trust director that acts in reliance on information provided by a trustee or another trust director is not liable for a breach of trust to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance, unless by so acting the trust director engages in willful misconduct.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":294826,"text":"Subject to \u00a7 64.2-779.34, a trustee shall provide information to a trust director to the extent the information is reasonably related both to:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":294827,"text":"The powers or duties of the trustee; 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of directed trustee","url":"\/64.2-779.32\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.32","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":56442,"structure_id":12726,"section_number":"64.2-779.34","catch_line":"No duty to monitor, inform, or advise","url":"\/64.2-779.34\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.34","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/64.2-779.33\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0768\">768<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61636,"section_number":"64.2-756","catch_line":"Cotrustees","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-756\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56442,"section_number":"64.2-779.34","catch_line":"No duty to monitor, inform, or advise","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-779.34\/"}],"permalink":{"id":274661,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82273,"identifier":"64.2-779.33","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.33","url":"\/64.2-779.33\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.33\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.33","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty to provide information to trust director or trustee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.33","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Subject to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"No duty to monitor, inform, or advise\" href=\"\/64.2-779.34\/\">64.2-779.34<\/a>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> shall provide information to a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> to the extent the information is reasonably related both to: <a id=\"paragraph-294826\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.33\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The powers or duties of the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-294827\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.33\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The powers or duties of the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-294828\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.33\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Subject to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"No duty to monitor, inform, or advise\" href=\"\/64.2-779.34\/\">64.2-779.34<\/a>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> shall provide information to a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> or another <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> to the extent the information is reasonably related both to: <a id=\"paragraph-294829\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.33\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The powers or duties of the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-294830\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.33\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The powers or duties of the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> or other <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-294831\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.33\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> that acts in reliance on information provided by a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> is not liable for a <span class=\"dictionary\">breach of trust<\/span> to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance, unless by so acting the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> engages in willful misconduct. <a id=\"paragraph-294832\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.33\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> that acts in reliance on information provided by a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> or another <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> is not liable for a <span class=\"dictionary\">breach of trust<\/span> to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance, unless by so acting the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> engages in willful misconduct. <a id=\"paragraph-294833\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.33\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO TRUST DIRECTOR OR TRUSTEE (\u00a7 64.2-779.33)\n\nA. Subject to \u00a7 64.2-779.34, a trustee shall provide information to a trust\ndirector to the extent the information is reasonably related both to:\n\n   1. The powers or duties of the trustee; and\n\n   2. The powers or duties of the trust director.\n\nB. Subject to \u00a7 64.2-779.34, a trust director shall provide information to a\ntrustee or another trust director to the extent the information is reasonably\nrelated both to:\n\n   1. The powers or duties of the trust director; and\n\n   2. The powers or duties of the trustee or other trust director.\n\nC. A trustee that acts in reliance on information provided by a trust director\nis not liable for a breach of trust to the extent the breach resulted from the\nreliance, unless by so acting the trustee engages in willful misconduct.\n\nD. A trust director that acts in reliance on information provided by a trustee\nor another trust director is not liable for a breach of trust to the extent the\nbreach resulted from the reliance, unless by so acting the trust director\nengages in willful misconduct.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 768.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}