8-226. Trust terms; use restricted; penalty.
(1) No individual, firm, corporation, or association doing business directly or indirectly in the State of Nebraska shall use the words trust, trust company, trust association, or trust fund as any part of its title except:
(a) A trust company as defined in section 8-230;
(b) A trust company chartered and supervised under the laws of the United States or any other state;
(c) A bank or savings association chartered and supervised under the laws of the United States or any other state, if such bank or savings association has been further chartered to conduct a trust company business;
(d) A limited partnership to the extent authorized by subdivision (5) of section 67-234;
(e) An entity required by any other law to use such words; or
(f) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section:
(a) An organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the code may use the words trust or trust fund;
(b) A trust created by a testamentary or fiduciary document may use the word trust; and
(c) An account in a financial institution established by or on behalf of trusts referenced in subdivision (b) of this subsection may use the words trust or trust fund.
(3) A violation of this section is a Class V misdemeanor.
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