(a) A person may not use the words “trust” or “trust company” or any other words in a manner that could reasonably be expected to convey the impression that the person is acting as a fiduciary unless the person is authorized to act as a fiduciary under Alaska Stat. § 06.26.010.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 06.26.040

  • chapter: includes regulations adopted under this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • fiduciary: means a person to whom the property of another person is entrusted for a purpose specified in a trust instrument or by a court order. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) This section does not prohibit the use of the words “trust” or “trust company” in the name of a corporation that is in existence as of January 1, 2003 and that is not subject to this chapter if the corporation was originally organized under the laws of this state and has not, since the date of its original organization, amended or restated its articles of incorporation to delete from its name the words “trust” or “trust company.”
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