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40-Trust Accounts

A lawyer need not obtain written consent to deposit a client's funds in an IOLTA account, but must obtain the client's consent to deposit money in an IOLTA account if the funds might draw appreciable interest elsewhere and will not be needed for a long time.

Copyright 2000, Thomas E. Spahn