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Subchapter I. Domestic Statutory Trusts
§ 3801. Definitions. - (a) “Beneficial owner” means any owner of a beneficial interest...
§ 3802. Contributions by beneficial owners. - (a) A contribution of a beneficial owner to the statutory...
§ 3803. Liability of beneficial owners and trustees. - (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing...
§ 3804. Legal proceedings. - (a) A statutory trust may sue and be sued, and...
§ 3805. Rights of beneficial owners and trustees in trust property. - (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing...
§ 3806. Management of statutory trust. - (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing...
§ 3807. Trustee in State; registered agent [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) Every statutory trust shall at all times have at...
§ 3807. Trustee in State; registered agent [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) Every statutory trust shall at all times have at...
§ 3808. Existence of statutory trust. - (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing...
§ 3809. Applicability of trust law. - Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument...
§ 3810. Certificate of trust; amendment; restatement; cancellation. - (a) (1) Every statutory trust shall file a certificate of...
§ 3811. Execution. - (a) Each certificate required by this subchapter to be filed...
§ 3812. Filing of certificate. - (a) Any certificate authorized to be filed with the office...
§ 3813. Fees [Effective until Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) No documents required to be filed under this subchapter...
§ 3813. Fees [Effective Aug. 1, 2023]. - (a) No documents required to be filed under this subchapter...
§ 3814. Use of names regulated. - (a) The name of each statutory trust as set forth...
§ 3815. Merger and consolidation. - (a) Pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation, a...
§ 3816. Derivative actions. - (a) A beneficial owner may bring an action in the...
§ 3817. Indemnification. - (a) Subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as...
§ 3818. Treasury interests. - Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument...
§ 3819. Access to and confidentiality of information; records. - (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing...
§ 3820. Conversion of other business entities to a statutory trust. - (a) Any other business entity formed or organized or existing...
§ 3821. Conversion of a statutory trust. - (a) Upon compliance with this section, a statutory trust may...
§ 3822. Domestication of non-United States entities. - (a) As used in this section, “non-United States entity” means...
§ 3823. Transfer or continuance of domestic statutory trusts. - (a) Upon compliance with the provisions of this section, any...
§ 3824. Judicial cancellation of certificate of trust; proceedings. - (a) Upon motion by the Attorney General, the Court of...
§ 3825. Division of a statutory trust. - (a) As used in this section and § 3810 of...
§ 3826. Document form, signature and delivery. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 3828. Construction and application of chapter and governing instrument. - (a) The rule that statutes in derogation of the common...
§ 3829. Short title. - This subchapter may be cited as the “Delaware Statutory Trust...
Subchapter II. Foreign Statutory Trusts
§ 3851. Law governing. - Subject to the Constitution of the State: (1) The laws...
§ 3852. Registration required; application. - (a) Before doing business in the State of Delaware, a...
§ 3853. Issuance of registration. - (a) If the Secretary of State finds that an application...
§ 3854. Name; registered office; registered agent. - (a) A foreign statutory trust may register with the Secretary...
§ 3855. Amendments to application. - If any statement in the application for registration of a...
§ 3856. Cancellation of registration. - A foreign statutory trust may cancel its registration by filing...
§ 3857. Doing business without registration. - (a) A foreign statutory trust doing business in the State...
§ 3858. Foreign statutory trusts doing business without having qualified; injunctions. - The Court of Chancery shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any...
§ 3859. Execution — Liability. - Section 3811(c) of this title shall be applicable to foreign...
§ 3860. Service of process on registered foreign statutory trusts. - (a) Service of legal process upon any foreign statutory trust...
§ 3861. Service of process on unregistered foreign statutory trusts. - (a) Any foreign statutory trust which shall do business in...
§ 3862. Fees. - No document required to be filed under this subchapter shall...
§ 3863. Activities not constituting doing business. - (a) Activities of a foreign statutory trust in the State...
Subchapter III. Control Beneficial Interest Acquisitions
§ 3881. Control beneficial interest acquisition definitions. - (a) “1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940,...
§ 3882. Related acquisitions; beneficial interests held for the benefit of others. - For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) Beneficial interests acquired...
§ 3883. Voting rights; approvals and exemptions; application. - (a) Holders of control beneficial interests of the statutory trust...
§ 3884. Acquiring person statement. - Any person who proposes to make or who has made...
§ 3885. Acquiring person meeting request. - (a) Except as provided in § 3886 of this title,...
§ 3886. Special meeting requirements; limitations. - (a) A call of a special meeting of beneficial owners...
§ 3887. Special meeting notice. - (a) If a special meeting of beneficial owners is requested,...
§ 3888. Disclosure of control beneficial interest acquisitions and related information. - (a) A holder of beneficial interests shall disclose to the...