7-1-819. Payment of trust account.

Any trust account may be paid, on request, to any trustee. Payment may be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased trustee if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that his or their decedent was the survivor of all other persons named on the account either as trustee or beneficiary, unless:

The financial institution, with respect to a trust account as to which there is only one trustee, has received written notice, in a form satisfactory to the financial institution, that the beneficiary has a vested interest not dependent upon his surviving the trustee; or#

The financial institution, with respect to a trust account as to which there is more than one trustee, has been provided with a copy of an agreement or resolution of all trustees, in a form satisfactory to the financial institution, to the effect that the beneficiary has a vested interest not dependent upon his surviving the trustees.#

Payment may be made, on request, to a beneficiary or beneficiaries or the heirs or representative of a beneficiary or beneficiaries upon presentation to the financial institution of proof of death showing that the beneficiary or beneficiaries survived all persons named as trustees.