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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="15-509" title_number="15" title_name="Fiduciaries" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as a distribution of income from a trust or an estate in which the trust has an interest other than a purchased interest, and shall allocate to principal an amount received as a distribution of principal from such a trust or estate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a trustee purchases an interest in a trust that is an investment entity, or a decedent or donor transfers an interest in such a trust to a trustee, § 15–508 or § 15–522 of this subtitle applies to a receipt from the trust.</text>
  </level>
</section>
