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§ 15–511

Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.

Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts § 15-511 (2026)
Title 15. Fiduciaries
Subtitle 5. Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act

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A trustee shall allocate to principal:
(1)
To the extent not allocated to income under this subtitle, assets received from a transferor during the transferor’s lifetime, a decedent’s estate, a trust with a terminating income interest, or a payer under a contract naming the trust or its trustee as beneficiary;
(2)
Money or other property received from the sale, exchange, liquidation, or change in form of a principal asset, including realized profit, subject to this subtitle;
(3)
Amounts recovered from third parties to reimburse the trust because of disbursements described in § 15–524(a)(7) of this subtitle or for other reasons to the extent not based on the loss of income;
(4)
Proceeds of property taken by eminent domain, but a separate award made for the loss of income with respect to an accounting period during which a current income beneficiary had a mandatory income interest is income;
(5)
Net income received in an accounting period during which there is no beneficiary to whom a trustee may or must distribute income; and
(6)
Other receipts as provided in Part III of this subtitle.