---
title: "Notice that funds were received into trust (United States)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/us-notice-funds-received-in-trust"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a41-us-notice-funds-received-in-trust"
area_id: "A41"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A41-T1-R2", "A41-A20260923-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Notice that funds were received into trust (United States)

> A short notice that funds in which the client or a third person has an interest have been received and placed in a named trust account, as Model Rule 1.15(d) requires prompt notice.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/us-notice-funds-received-in-trust  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Trust accounting & handling client money](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Send promptly after funds are received into a client trust account. Do not use it to claim that a fee has been earned or to pay anyone.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a trust receipt or disbursement instruction from the authority](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/draft-a-trust-receipt-or-disbursement-instruction-from-the-authority.md)
- [Prepare a trust-inspection pack from the ledgers and authorities](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/prepare-a-trust-inspection-pack-from-the-ledgers-and-authorities.md)

## How AI may be used

A tool may fill the date, amount and account from the ledger entry the lawyer identifies. The lawyer confirms whose money it is before the notice goes out.

**AI may:**

- Insert the date, amount and trust account name from the ledger line the lawyer points to
- Flag a notice that names an operating account or leaves the amount blank

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide who owns the funds or that a fee has been earned
- Must not send the notice, or attach it to an email that changes the destination account

**The lawyer checks:**

- The amount and the account match the bank credit and the ledger
- The recipient is the person Rule 1.15(d) requires to be notified
- The notice does not promise a payment date the jurisdiction's rule does not allow

## Authorities

- [ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.15 (Safekeeping Property)](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_15_safekeeping_property/)
- [ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.15, Comments 1 to 3](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_15_safekeeping_property/comment_on_rule_1_15/)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/us-notice-funds-received-in-trust and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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