# Fla. Stat. § 736.0102: 736.0102 Scope

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0102

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 736.0102
- **Heading:** 736.0102 Scope
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part I / Section 736.0102

## Text

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this code applies to express trusts, charitable or noncharitable, and trusts created pursuant to a law, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust.

(2) This code does not apply to constructive or resulting trusts; conservatorships; custodial arrangements pursuant to the Florida Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; business trusts providing for certificates to be issued to beneficiaries; common trust funds; trusts created by the form of the account or by the deposit agreement at a financial institution; voting trusts; security arrangements; liquidation trusts; trusts for the primary purpose of paying debts, dividends, interest, salaries, wages, profits, pensions, or employee benefits of any kind; and any arrangement under which a person is nominee or escrowee for another.

(3) This code does not apply to any land trust under s. 689.071, except to the extent provided in s. 689.071(7), s. 721.08(2)(c)4., or s. 721.53(1)(e). A trust governed at its creation by this chapter, former chapter 737, or any prior trust statute superseded or replaced by any provision of former chapter 737, is not a land trust regardless of any amendment or modification of the trust, any change in the assets held in the trust, or any continuing trust resulting from the distribution or retention in further trust of assets from the trust.

History: s. 1, ch. 2006-217; s. 10, ch. 2007-153; s. 3, ch. 2013-240.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0101 736.0101 Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0101.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0102 736.0102 Scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0102.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0103 736.0103 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0103.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0104 736.0104 Knowledge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0104.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0105 736.0105 Default and mandatory rules.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0105.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0106 736.0106 Common law of trusts; principles of equity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0106.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0107 736.0107 Governing law.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0107.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0108 736.0108 Principal place of administration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0108.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0109 736.0109 Methods and waiver of notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0109.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0110 736.0110 Others treated as qualified beneficiaries.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0110.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0111 736.0111 Nonjudicial settlement agreements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0111.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 736.0112 736.0112 Qualification of foreign trustee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLII_C736_PI_S736.0112.md)

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