(a) Before distributing to a trustee, the personal representative may require that the trust be registered if the state in which it is to be administered provides for registration and that the trustee inform the beneficiaries as provided in AS 13.36.080.
(b) If the trust instrument does not excuse the trustee from giving bond, the personal representative may petition the appropriate court to require that the trustee post bond if the personal representative apprehends that distribution might jeopardize the interests of persons who are not able to protect themselves, and the personal representative may withhold distribution until the court has acted.
(c) No inference of negligence on the part of the personal representative shall be drawn from failure to exercise the authority conferred by (a) and (b) of this section.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 16. Probate of Wills and Administration
Article 9. Special Provisions Relating to Distribution.
Sec. 13.16.535. Successors' rights if no administration.
Sec. 13.16.540. Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement.
Sec. 13.16.545. Right of retainer.
Sec. 13.16.555. Penalty clause for contest.
Sec. 13.16.560. Distribution in kind; valuation; method.
Sec. 13.16.565. Distribution in kind; evidence.
Sec. 13.16.570. Distribution; right or title of distributee.
Sec. 13.16.575. Improper distribution; liability of distributee.
Sec. 13.16.580. Purchasers from distributees protected.
Sec. 13.16.585. Partition for purpose of distribution.
Sec. 13.16.590. Private agreements among successors to decedent binding on personal representative.
Sec. 13.16.595. Distributions to trustee.
Sec. 13.16.600. Disposition of unclaimed assets.