Fla. Stat. 738.404
Principal receipts


(1)

To the extent not allocated to income under this chapter, an asset received from any of the following:An individual during the individual’s lifetime.An estate.A trust on termination of an income interest.A payor under a contract naming the fiduciary as beneficiary.

(a)

An individual during the individual’s lifetime.

(b)

An estate.

(c)

A trust on termination of an income interest.

(d)

A payor under a contract naming the fiduciary as beneficiary.

(2)

Except as otherwise provided in ss. 738.401-738.416, money or other property received from the sale, exchange, liquidation, or change in the form of a principal asset.

(3)

An amount recovered from a third party to reimburse the fiduciary because of a disbursement described in s. 738.502(1) or for another reason to the extent not based on the loss of income.

(4)

Proceeds of property taken by eminent domain except that proceeds awarded for loss of income in an accounting period are income if a current income beneficiary had a mandatory income interest during the period.

(5)

Net income received in an accounting period during which there is no beneficiary to which a fiduciary may or must distribute income.

(6)

Other receipts as provided in ss. 738.408-738.416.

Source: Section 738.404 — Principal receipts, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0738.­404 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

738.101
Short title
738.102
Definitions
738.103
Scope
738.104
Governing law
738.201
Fiduciary duties
738.202
Judicial review of exercise of discretionary power
738.203
Fiduciary’s power to adjust
738.301
Definitions
738.302
Applications
738.303
Authority of fiduciary
738.304
Notice
738.305
Unitrust policy
738.306
Unitrust rate
738.307
Applicable value
738.308
Period
738.309
Express unitrust
738.310
Other rules
738.401
Character of receipts from entity
738.402
Distribution from trust or estate
738.403
Business or other activity conducted by fiduciary
738.404
Principal receipts
738.405
Rental property
738.406
Receipt on obligation to be paid in money
738.407
Insurance policy or contract
738.408
Insubstantial allocation not required
738.409
Deferred compensation, annuity, or similar payment
738.410
Liquidating asset
738.411
Minerals, water, and other natural resources
738.412
Timber
738.413
Marital deduction property not productive of income
738.414
Derivatives or options
738.415
Asset-backed securities
738.416
Other financial instrument or arrangement
738.501
Disbursement from income
738.502
Disbursement from principal
738.503
Transfers from income to principal for depreciation
738.504
Reimbursement of income from principal
738.505
Reimbursement of principal from income
738.506
Income taxes
738.507
Adjustment between income and principal because of taxes
738.508
Apportionment of property expenses between tenant and remainderman
738.601
Determination and distribution of net income
738.602
Distribution to successor beneficiary
738.701
When right to income begins and ends
738.702
Apportionment of receipts and disbursements when decedent dies or income interest begins
738.703
Apportionment when income interest ends
738.801
Uniformity of application and construction
738.802
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
738.803
Severability
738.804
Application

Current through Fall 2025

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