§560:7-306 - Personal liability of trustee to third parties. - Hawaii Statutes

     §560:7-306  Personal liability of trustee to third parties.  (a)  Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on contracts entered into in the trustee's fiduciary capacity in the course of administration of the trust estate, unless the trustee fails to disclose the trustee's representative capacity and identify the trust estate in the contract.

     (b)  A trustee is personally liable for obligations arising from ownership or control of property of the trust estate or for torts committed in the course of administration of the trust estate only if the trustee is personally at fault.

     (c)  Claims based on contracts entered into by a trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, on obligations arising from ownership or control of the trust estate, or on torts committed in the course of trust administration may be asserted against the trust estate by proceeding against the trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee is personally liable therefor.

     (d)  Any judgment obtained against the trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity may be collected against the trust estate.  The question of liability as between the trust estate and the trustee individually may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge or indemnification or other appropriate proceeding. [L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2009, c 22, §1]

 

Hawaii Legal Reporter Citations

 

  Trustees' discretion in purchase of real estate.  82-2 HLR 820643.