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Trusts aren't public record, so they're not usually recorded anywhere. Instead, the trust attorney determines who is entitled to receive a copy of the document, even if state law doesn't require it.

How to create a living trust in CaliforniaTake stock of your assets.Choose a trustee.Choose your beneficiaries.Draw up your Declaration of Trust.Consider signing your trust document in front of a notary public.Transfer your property to the trust.Dec 20, 2021

A living trust primarily helps individuals maintain greater control over their assets and have their wishes carried after they die. A living trust can help save the expense and delay of probate, which can last as long as three years and take up to 10-to-15% of an individual's estate's value.

Pick a type of living trust. If you're married, you'll first need to decide whether you want a single or joint trust. Take stock of your property. Choose a trustee. Draw up the trust document. Sign the trust. Transfer your property to the trust.

Copies of your trust document stored on your computer are not valid living trusts. The trust document must be printed out and signed to create a trust.

To make a living trust in California, you:Choose whether to make an individual or shared trust.Decide what property to include in the trust.Choose a successor trustee.Decide who will be the trust's beneficiariesthat is, who will get the trust property.Create the trust document.More items...

Today clients who have living trusts normally keep the original copy. Having the attorney keep the original copy of the trust is not as important as keeping the original will used to be. At death, a copy of the trust generally suffices for all parties in place of the original.