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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-702" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Office of Trustee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A trustee shall give bond to secure performance of the duties of the trustee only if the court:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Finds that a bond is needed to protect the interests of the beneficiaries or is required by the terms of the trust; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has not dispensed with the requirement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The court may specify the amount of a bond, the liabilities of the bond, and whether sureties for the bond are necessary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may modify or terminate a bond at any time.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
