---
title: "Extract trust powers into a table against the model list"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/trusts-and-estate-planning/extract-trust-deed-powers-into-a-trustee-powers-table/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A19-B8-3-US"
practice_area: "Trusts & Estate Planning"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Extract trust powers into a table against the model list

> Table each power the deed grants or withholds, and note which model power in Uniform Trust Code § 816 the deed addresses. Do not add a power the deed does not give.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Trusts & Estate Planning](https://ailawframework.com/practice/trusts-and-estate-planning.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Table each power the deed grants or withholds, and note which model power in Uniform Trust Code § 816 the deed addresses. Do not add a power the deed does not give. |
| What the lawyer must review | Section 816, where enacted, lists powers a trustee may exercise without limiting section 815. They include collecting trust property, acquiring or selling it, borrowing, continuing a business, dealing with securities and real property, leasing, insuring, paying tax and claims, making loans to a beneficiary on terms the trustee considers fair and reasonable, and winding up on termination. The comment says the terms of the trust can alter every listed power, and that the list is subsumed under section 815. Section 815 was not opened. The Code is a model until the state enacts it. The deed controls. Opinion 512: check the table against the deed. You decide whether a proposed act is within a power. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Extract trust deed powers into a trustee-powers table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/trusts-and-estate-planning/extract-trust-deed-powers-into-a-trustee-powers-table.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Table each power the deed grants or withholds, and note which model power in Uniform Trust Code § 816 the deed addresses. Do not add a power the deed does not give.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not treat the model list as the trustee's powers. Read the deed.
- Open § 815. Its body was not read.
- Do not assume the state enacted § 816.

## Sources

- [Uniform Trust Code (Uniform Law Commission, last revised 2003)](https://www.uniformlaws.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=6bae0bb2-00ea-8080-d084-5be9ef7bbc66&forceDialog=0) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.1, Competence](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*