Advisory Opinion: 1426

Year Issued: 1991

RPC(s): RPC 1.14

Subject: Trust account; deposit of funds in excess of limit for federal insurance

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Your inquiry concerns the appropriate manner to handle trust funds for a single client where the amount exceeds the federally insured limit, currently $100,000. The committee is of the opinion that RPC 1.14 would permit the lawyer to deposit those funds into more than one trust account, but that the Rule does not require that every dollar in trust be insured.

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