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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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":53964,"section_number":"64.2-754","catch_line":"Accepting or declining trusteeship","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-754\/"},{"id":63666,"section_number":"64.2-755","catch_line":"Trustee's bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-755\/"},{"id":66102,"section_number":"64.2-757","catch_line":"Vacancy in trusteeship; appointment of successor","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-757\/"},{"id":78220,"section_number":"64.2-758","catch_line":"Resignation of trustee","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-758\/"},{"id":66828,"section_number":"64.2-759","catch_line":"Removal of trustee","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-759\/"},{"id":71429,"section_number":"64.2-761","catch_line":"Compensation of trustee","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-761\/"}],"permalink":{"id":274681,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55343,"identifier":"64.2-779.38","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.38","url":"\/64.2-779.38\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.38\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.38","dublin_core":{"Title":"Office of trust director","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.38","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, the rules applicable to a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> apply to a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> regarding the following matters:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Acceptance under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Accepting or declining trusteeship\" href=\"\/64.2-754\/\">64.2-754<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-202931\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.38\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Giving of <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> to secure performance under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Trustee&#039;s bond\" href=\"\/64.2-755\/\">64.2-755<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-202932\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.38\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Reasonable compensation under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Compensation of trustee\" href=\"\/64.2-761\/\">64.2-761<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-202933\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.38\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Resignation under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Resignation of trustee\" href=\"\/64.2-758\/\">64.2-758<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-202934\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.38\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Removal under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Removal of trustee\" href=\"\/64.2-759\/\">64.2-759<\/a>; and <a id=\"paragraph-202935\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.38\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> Vacancy and appointment of successor under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Vacancy in trusteeship; appointment of successor\" href=\"\/64.2-757\/\">64.2-757<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-202936\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.38\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICE OF TRUST DIRECTOR (\u00a7 64.2-779.38)\n\nUnless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, the rules applicable to a trustee\napply to a trust director regarding the following matters:\n\n1. Acceptance under &#xA7; 64.2-754;\n\n2. Giving of bond to secure performance under &#xA7; 64.2-755;\n\n3. Reasonable compensation under &#xA7; 64.2-761;\n\n4. Resignation under &#xA7; 64.2-758;\n\n5. Removal under &#xA7; 64.2-759; and\n\n6. Vacancy and appointment of successor under &#xA7; 64.2-757.\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}}