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Firstly, investors form a DST by filing a Certificate of Statutory Trust with the Delaware Division of Corporations. Investors then choose to create a statutory trust that names a Delaware trustee or statutory trust that has become a registered investment corporation, along with a registered agent.

The cost of setting up a trust in Delaware varies depending on the complexity of the trust and the attorney's fees. A basic Revocable Living Trust generally ranges from $1,000 to $3,000. More complex trusts can cost several thousand dollars more.

A living trust is created in Delaware by signing a Declaration of Trust, which will name the trustee, beneficiary and terms of the trust. You need to sign the declaration in the presence of a notary. Once that is complete, the trust must be funded by transferring assets into it.

To make a living trust in Delaware, 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 beneficiaries?that is, who will get the trust property. Create the trust document.

At least one trustee must be a resident of Delaware, which can be satisfied by naming a Delaware trust company or by forming a Delaware corporation to act as the trustee (See 12 §3807). There is no Franchise Tax and no Delaware income tax on statutory trusts formed in Delaware.

Delaware's directed trust law provides: Freedom to engage in estate planning or asset protection planning using illiquid assets, such as stock in the family business, real estate, or hedge fund/private equity investments, when a trustee may otherwise be reluctant to hold these types of assets.