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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-815" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Duties and Powers of Trustee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A trustee, without authorization by the court, may exercise:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Powers conferred by the terms of the trust; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as limited by the terms of the trust:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>All powers over the trust property that an unmarried competent owner has over individually owned property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Other powers appropriate to achieve the proper investment, management, and distribution of the trust property; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Other powers conferred by this title or Title 15, Subtitle 6 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The exercise of a power described in subsection (a) of this section is subject to the fiduciary duties prescribed by this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
