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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633F.18

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Signature: includes an electronic signature as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
633F.18 Methods and forms for creating custodial trusts.
1. If a transaction, including a declaration with respect to or a transfer of specific property,
otherwise satisfies applicable law, the criteria of § 633F.2 are satisfied by any of the
following:
a. The execution and either delivery to the custodial trustee or recording of an instrument
in substantially the following form:
TRANSFER UNDER THE IOWA UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACT
I, (name of transferor or name and representative capacity if a fiduciary), transfer to (name of trustee other than transferor), as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary) as beneficiary and (name of distributee) as distributee on termination of the trust in absence of direction by the beneficiary under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act, the following:
(Insert a description of the custodial trust property legally sufficient to identify and transfer each item of property).
If (name of trustee other than transferor) declines to serve or ceases to serve as custodial trustee for any reason, then I designate (name of substitute or successor custodial trustee) as substitute or successor custodial trustee.
Dated: Signature:
b. The execution and the recording or giving notice of its execution to the beneficiary of an instrument in substantially the following form:
DECLARATION OF TRUST UNDER IOWA UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACT
I,
(name of owner of property), declare that
henceforth I hold as custodial trustee for
(name of
beneficiary other than transferor) as beneficiary and (name of distributee) as distributee on termination of the trust in absence of direction by the beneficiary under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act, the following: (Insert a description of the custodial trust property legally sufficient to identify and transfer each item of property). If I cease to serve as custodial trustee for any reason, then I designate (name of substitute or successor custodial trustee) as successor custodial trustee.
Dated:
Signature:
2. Customary methods of transferring or evidencing ownership of property may be used to create a custodial trust, including any of the following:
a. Registration of a security in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
b. Delivery of a certificated security, or a document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security, together with any necessary endorsement, to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodial trustee, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form prescribed in subsection 1, paragraph “”a””.
c. Payment of money or transfer of a security held in the name of a broker or a financial institution or its nominee to a broker or financial institution for credit to an account in the

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name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
d. Registration of ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract with the issuer in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
e. Delivery of a written assignment to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company whose name in the assignment is designated in substance by the words:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
f. Irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment, pursuant to its terms, in favor of a trust company, an adult other than the donee of the power, or the donee who holds the power if the beneficiary is other than the donee, whose name in the appointment is designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
g. Delivery of a written notification or assignment of a right to future payment under a contract to an obligor which transfers the right under the contract to a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, whose name in the notification or assignment is designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
h. Execution, delivery, and recordation of a conveyance of an interest in real property in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
i. Issuance of a certificate of title by an agency of a state or of the United States which evidences title to tangible personal property:
(1) Issued in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
(2) Delivered to a trust company or an adult other than the transferor or endorsed by the transferor to that person, designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
j. Execution and delivery of an instrument of gift to a trust company or an adult other than the transferor, designated in substance:
“”as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary)
under the Iowa Uniform Custodial Trust Act””.
2021 Acts, ch 8, §18; 2021 Acts, ch 174, §28; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §168

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