2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 88A - Business Trusts
NRS 88A.030 - Business trust defined.


NV Rev Stat § 88A.030 (2013) What's This?

Business trust means an unincorporated association which:

1. Is created by a governing instrument under which property is held, administered, managed, controlled, invested, reinvested or operated, or any combination of these, or business or professional activities for profit are carried on, by a trustee or trustees for the benefit of the persons entitled to a beneficial interest in the trust property or as otherwise provided in the governing instrument; and

2. Files a certificate of trust pursuant to NRS 88A.210.

The term includes, without limitation, a trust of the type known at common law as a business trust or Massachusetts trust, a trust qualifying as a real estate investment trust pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 856 et seq., as amended, or any successor provision, or a trust qualifying as a real estate mortgage investment conduit pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 860D, as amended, or any successor provision.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 1561; A 2001, 1401, 3199; 2011, 2808)

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