Ohio Code § 5809.07
Ohio Code § 5809.07. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5809.07.
The following terms or comparable language in the provisions of a trust, unless otherwise
limited or modified, authorizes any investment or strategy permitted by the Ohio Uniform
Prudent Investor Act: “investments permissible by law for investment of trust funds”;
“legal investments”; “authorized investments”; “using the judgment and care under
the circumstances then prevailing that persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence
exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but
in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds considering the probable income
as well as the probable safety of their capital”; “prudent man rule”; “prudent trustee
rule”; “prudent person rule”; and “prudent investor rule.”
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5809.07
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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