A Government department that can be entrusted with the administration of a Will, the guardianship of children or as a trustee or general administrator. It is often used for people who, for financial or other reasons, are unable to act for themselves.
A government agency which provides a trustee service eg: administration of estates, handling of affairs of people lacking legal capacity. Also does wills and powers of attorney.• Change of Name• Death• Disability• Legal Capacity• Powers of Attorney• Prisoners
is appointed by the governor to handle foreclosures of deeds of trust, releases of deeds of trust, and tax escrow accounts for land purchase contracts.
A provincial official appointed to look after the affairs of those who have no one else to do so, either during lifetime or after death. The public trustee also administers the inheritance of minors if a proper trust has not been created by a will.
A statutory corporation sole, authorised to perform the functions of executor, administrator and trustee.
Government agencies or business enterprises established in the states and territories which may be appointed to administer the provisions of a will.
A person appointed or required by law to execute and administer a trust.
A person (usually a barrister or solicitor) appointed by the Lord Chancellor as i) Trustee for Trusts managed by the Public Trust Office; ii) Accountant General for Court Funds; iii) Receiver (of last resort) for Court of Protection patients
A body (semi-government) set up to monitor the wishes of a public member on behalf of the beneficiaries.
The public official in each county whose office has been created by statute, to whom title to real property is conveyed by Deed of Trust for the use and benefit of the beneficiary, who usually is the lender. top
The public trustee is an office established pursuant to national (and, where applicable, state or territory) statute, to act as a trustee, usually where a sum is required to be deposited as security by legislation, where courts remove another trustee, or for estates where either no executor is named by will or the testator elects to name the Public Trustee.
The Public Trustee of New Zealand was a government appointed corporation sole providing Trustee services to those unwilling to use private services, or required by the courts or legislation to use the Public Trustee. From 2001 the Public Trustee of New Zealand ceased to be a corporation sole, adopting a structure similar to a company as a “crown entityâ€, and remained Public Trust, (a name under which the Public Trustee had been trading for some years). It administers 50,000 estates, trusts, funds and agencies.