A real estate trust is established by filing for record with the clerk of the county in which its principal office in this state is located a declaration signed by all of its trustees, which must be at least three in number, and acknowledged before a notary public, which states:
A. that the real estate trust is organized and will be operated in conformity with the Real Estate Trust Act;
B. that the real estate trust has been established to invest in real estate assets and to pay over the net income and profits of the trust estate to the beneficial owners;
C. the location of the principal office of the real estate trust in this state and its mailing address;
D. the name, business address and the residential address of each trustee;
E. the period during which trustees shall hold office and the manner in which they shall be succeeded in office;
F. the number of units into which the beneficial ownership of the trust estate is to be divided and a description of the rights and privileges inuring to the holder of each unit;
G. that the real estate trust will not invest in any asset or take any other investment action unless its beneficial owners number more than one hundred persons, nor while any five of its beneficial owners own, directly or indirectly, an aggregate of more than fifty percent of the real estate trust; and
H. any other provisions for the regulation of the affairs of the real estate trust that the trustees elect to set forth in the declaration.
History: 1953 Comp., § 70-6-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 390, § 3.
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