The board of a state trust company is responsible for the proper exercise of fiduciary powers by the state trust company and each matter pertinent to the exercise of fiduciary powers, including:

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Terms Used In Washington Code 30B.12.060

  • Company: includes a bank, trust company, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, business trust, or another trust. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • Department: means the Washington state department of financial institutions. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Manager: means a person elected to the board of a limited liability trust company. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • Officer: means the presiding officer of the board, the principal executive officer, or another officer appointed by the board of a state trust company or other company, or a person or group of persons acting in a comparable capacity for the state trust company or other company. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • State trust company: means a corporation or a limited liability company organized or reorganized under this title, including a trust company organized under the laws of Washington state before January 5, 2015. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • Trust company: means a state trust company or any other company chartered to act as a fiduciary that is neither a depository institution nor a foreign bank. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
(1) The determination of policies;
(2) The investment and disposition of property held in a fiduciary capacity;
(3) The direction and review of the actions of each officer, manager, employee, committee, and agent used by the state trust company in the exercise of its fiduciary powers; and
(4) Every other requirement of the board as set forth in RCW 30B.24.030 and in conformity with the contents of the state trust company’s written statement of principles of trust management, pursuant to RCW 30B.24.040, as adopted by the board and subject to approval of the department.