§ 88A.030 — “Business trust” defined

“Business trust” means an unincorporated association which:
1. Is created by a governing instrument under which property is held, administered, managed, controlled, invested, reinvested or operated, or any combination of these, or business or professional activities for profit are carried on, by a trustee or trustees for the benefit of the persons entitled to a beneficial interest in the trust property or as otherwise provided in the governing instrument; and
2. Files a certificate of trust pursuant to NRS 88A.210 .
Ê The term includes, without limitation, a trust of the type known at common law as a business trust or Massachusetts trust, a trust qualifying as a real estate investment trust pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 856 et seq., as amended, or any successor provision, or a trust qualifying as a real estate mortgage investment conduit pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 860D, as amended, or any successor provision.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1999, 1561 ; A 2001, 1401 , 3199 ; 2011, 2808 )