TITLE 68

TRUSTS AND FIDUCIARIES

CHAPTER 13

IDAHO UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACT

68-1311.  Exemption of third person from liability. A third person in good faith and without a court order may act on instructions of, or otherwise deal with, a person purporting to make a transfer as, or purporting to act in the capacity of, a custodial trustee. In the absence of knowledge to the contrary, the third person is not responsible for determining:

(1)  The validity of the purported custodial trustee’s designation;

(2)  The propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, any action of the purported custodial trustee;

(3)  The validity or propriety of an instrument executed or instruction given pursuant to this chapter either by the person purporting to make a transfer or declaration or by the purported custodial trustee; or

(4)  The propriety of the application of property vested in the purported custodial trustee.

History:

[68-1311, added 1989, ch. 230, sec. 1, p. 553.]