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3.__Action without acceptance.__A person designated as trustee,
without accepting the trusteeship, may:

 
A.__Act to preserve the trust property if, within a
reasonable time after acting, the person sends a rejection
of the trusteeship to the settlor or, if the settlor is dead
or lacks capacity, to a qualified beneficiary; and

 
B.__Inspect or investigate trust property to determine
potential liability under environmental or other law or for
any other purpose.

 
§702.__Trustee's bond

 
1.__Bond.__A trustee shall give bond to secure performance of
the trustee's duties only if the court finds that a bond is
needed to protect the interests of the beneficiaries or is
required by the terms of the trust and the court has not
dispensed with the requirement.

 
2.__Amount.__The court may specify the amount of a bond, its
liabilities, and whether sureties are necessary. The court may
modify or terminate a bond at any time.

 
3.__Financial institution.__A financial institution qualified
to do trust business in this State need not give bond, even if
required by the terms of the trust.

 
4.__Cost charged to trust.__Unless otherwise directed by the
court, the cost of a bond is charged to the trust.

 
§703.__Cotrustees

 
1.__Unanimous decision; majority decision.__Cotrustees who are
unable to reach a unanimous decision may act by majority
decision.

 
2.__Vacancy.__If a vacancy occurs in a cotrusteeship, the
remaining cotrustees may act for the trust.

 
3.__Participation by cotrustee.__A cotrustee must participate
in the performance of a trustee's function unless the cotrustee
is unavailable to perform the function because of absence,
illness, disqualification or other temporary incapacity or the
cotrustee has properly delegated the performance of the function
to another trustee.

 
4.__Cotrustee unavailable.__If a cotrustee is unavailable to
perform duties because of absence, illness, disqualification or


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