(A) Personal property may be transferred to a trustee as authorized by section 5804.01 of the Revised Code by executing the necessary written instrument that identifies the personal property transferred and identifies the trustee by name followed by the designation "trustee."

(B) The future transfer of personal property to a trustee as a designated beneficiary, including, but not limited to, a transfer on death designation or payable on death designation, participation in a joint ownership arrangement, or any other contractual transfer arrangement, that is made by executing the necessary written instrument identifying the trustee by name followed by the designation "trustee" shall be considered a transfer of the personal property to the trustee serving at the time of the future transfer. A certification of trust under section 5810.13 of the Revised Code may establish the identity of the trustee and any succession of trustees.

(C) A written instrument transferring personal property to a trust or a written instrument providing for the future transfer of personal property to a trust, by identifying the trust without identifying the trustee, shall be considered a transfer of the personal property to the trustee serving at the time of transfer. A certification of trust under section 5810.13 of the Revised Code may establish the identity of the trustee and any succession of trustees.

(D) An instrument of transfer under this section may, but is not required to, contain any additional identifying information, including the trust name, the name of the settlor, the date of trust creation, and the date of applicable trust amendments.

(E) Nothing in this section is intended to affect the operation of section 5301.03 of the Revised Code.

(F) Nothing in this section is intended to affect or be in conflict with division (E) of section 5301.071 of the Revised Code that addresses transfers of real property to or from trusts and trustees.

Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.65, SB 117, §1, eff. 3/22/2012.