Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 91 - TRUSTS AND ESTATES (§§ 91-1-NEW — 91-31-25) › Chapter 8 - MISSISSIPPI UNIFORM TRUST CODE (§§ 91-8-101 — 91-8-1206) › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS (§§ 91-8-101 — 91-8-112) › Section 91-8-108 - Principal place of administration

(a)
Without precluding other means for establishing a sufficient connection with the designated jurisdiction, the terms of a trust designating the principal place of administration are valid and controlling if:
(1)
A trustee's principal place of business is located in or a trustee is a resident of the designated jurisdiction;
(2)
All or part of the administration occurs in the designated jurisdiction; administration includes, but is not limited to:
(A)
Maintenance of some trust records physically in the designated jurisdiction;
(B)
Wholly or partly preparing or arranging for the preparation, either on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, in the designated jurisdiction of an income tax return that must be filed for the trust; or
(3)
Some or all of the trust assets are deposited in the designated jurisdiction or physical evidence of the assets is held in the designated jurisdiction and the trust is being administered by a person defined in subsection (a)(1). For purposes of this subsection (a)(3), "deposited in the designated jurisdiction," includes assets being held in any checking account, time deposit, certificate of deposit, brokerage account, trust company fiduciary account, or other similar account or deposit that is located in the designated jurisdiction.
(b)
Except as otherwise expressly provided by the terms of a governing instrument specifically addressing the governing law for trust administration or by court order, the laws of this state shall govern the administration of a trust while the trust is administered in this state. Without precluding other means for establishing that a trust is administered in this state, if any of the activities described in subsection (a) occur in this state, the trust is administered in this state.
(c)
A trustee shall administer the trust at a place appropriate to its purposes, its administration, and the interests of the beneficiaries; however, a trustee shall not be required, in the absence of a court order, to transfer the trust's principal place of administration to another state or to a jurisdiction outside the United States even though such other state or jurisdiction outside the United States could also be appropriate to its purposes, its administration, and the interests of the beneficiaries.
(d)
Without precluding the right of the court to order, approve, or disapprove a transfer, the trustee may transfer the trust's principal place of administration to another state or to a jurisdiction outside the United States, if the transfer is to a place appropriate to the trust's purposes, its administration, and the interests of the beneficiaries.
(e)
The trustee shall notify the qualified beneficiaries of a proposed transfer of a trust's principal place of administration to another state or to a jurisdiction outside the United States not less than sixty (60) days before initiating the transfer. The notice of proposed transfer must include:
(1)
The name of the jurisdiction to which the principal place of administration is to be transferred;
(2)
The address and telephone number at the new location at which the trustee can be contacted;
(3)
An explanation of the reasons for the proposed transfer;
(4)
The date on which the proposed transfer is anticipated to occur; and
(5)
The date, not less than sixty (60) days after the giving of the notice, by which the qualified beneficiary must notify the trustee of an objection to the proposed transfer.
(f)
The authority of a trustee under this section to transfer a trust's principal place of administration terminates if a majority of the qualified beneficiaries described in Section
91-8-103
notify the trustee of an objection to the proposed transfer on or before the date specified in the notice.
(g)
In connection with a transfer of the trust's principal place of administration, the trustee may transfer some or all of the trust property to a successor trustee designated in the terms of the trust or appointed pursuant to Section
91-8-704
.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 421, SB 2727, 8, eff. 7/1/2014.