Totten trust

Totten trust
Totten trust see trust

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

Totten trust
A bank account that's held in trust for a beneficiary, who inherits any money in the account when the account holder dies. Probate proceedings are not necessary to transfer the money. A Totten trust works just like a payable-on-death bank account.
Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Estates, Executors & Probate Court
Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Living Trusts & Avoiding Probate

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


Totten trust
An arrangement created by a person depositing his or her own money in his or her own name in a bank account for the benefit of another.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


totten trust
An arrangement created by a person depositing his or her own money in his or her own name in a bank account for the benefit of another.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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