Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates
Section 473.430 - Payments of claims and statutory allowances in order of classification — proportional payment — priority.

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability

Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates

Section 473.010 - Venue.

Section 473.013 - Character of proceeding — jurisdiction of court.

Section 473.017 - Application for letters — content.

Section 473.020 - If no application filed, others may request administration or probate — petition, form, contents — hearing, notice, orders.

Section 473.023 - Court or clerk to grant letters.

Section 473.030 - Request for special notice of hearings.

Section 473.033 - Notice of letters — duty of clerk — publication — form.

Section 473.037 - Successor need not publish notice, when.

Section 473.040 - Notice where there are no known heirs.

Section 473.043 - Will of decedent, where delivered — wills found in safe deposit boxes, how delivered — refusal to deliver, how handled.

Section 473.047 - Certificate of probate or rejection.

Section 473.050 - Wills, presentment for probate, time limited — presented, defined.

Section 473.053 - Testimony of subscribing witnesses, other evidence.

Section 473.057 - Commission for testimony of nonattendant witness.

Section 473.060 - Testimony before officer, effect.

Section 473.063 - Testimony to be recorded — record as evidence.

Section 473.065 - Probate of will, when — procedure for contest.

Section 473.067 - Proof of nuncupative wills.

Section 473.070 - Heirs, time limits to establish interest in estate — posthumous heirs in gestation, mother has right to file action — time limitations.

Section 473.073 - Proof required for probate and grant of administration.

Section 473.077 - Proceedings reopened, when.

Section 473.080 - Certificate of probate, contents — evidence.

Section 473.081 - Probate of portion of will.

Section 473.083 - Will binding, when — contest of will, when, procedure.

Section 473.084 - Compromise of controversy as to probate, when binding.

Section 473.085 - Court approval of compromise, procedure for securing.

Section 473.087 - Will not effective until probated.

Section 473.090 - Refusal of letters.

Section 473.091 - Clerk's duties as to certain forms — not practice of law.

Section 473.092 - Court may order administration previously commenced pursuant to guardianship law, dispensed with, when.

Section 473.095 - Apportionment of property between surviving spouse and children.

Section 473.097 - Small estate — distribution of assets without letters, when — affidavit — procedure — fee.

Section 473.100 - Effect of acquittances by distributees of small estate.

Section 473.107 - Small estate appraised, when.

Section 473.110 - Persons entitled to letters.

Section 473.113 - Letters granted to others, when.

Section 473.117 - Persons and corporations disqualified as personal representative — designation required — service of process, how made.

Section 473.120 - Form of letters testamentary.

Section 473.123 - Form of letters of administration.

Section 473.127 - Letters c.t.a. and d.b.n., form.

Section 473.130 - Letters or copies, evidence.

Section 473.133 - Administrator during minority or absence.

Section 473.137 - Administrator pending contest, appointed when — duties.

Section 473.139 - Resignation by executor or administrator, procedure, effect.

Section 473.140 - Removal of personal representative.

Section 473.143 - Revocation of letters on finding will.

Section 473.147 - Administrator d.b.n., when appointed.

Section 473.150 - Remaining executor or administrator to continue.

Section 473.153 - Compensation of personal representatives, accountants and attorneys.

Section 473.155 - Compensation of accountants and attorneys (first class counties and St. Louis City).

Section 473.157 - Bond of personal representative — conditions of bond.

Section 473.160 - Bond not required, when.

Section 473.163 - Agreements with surety as to deposit of assets.

Section 473.167 - Execution of bond.

Section 473.170 - Obligees of bond — liability of surety.

Section 473.173 - Bond of joint executors or administrators.

Section 473.177 - Affidavit of personal sureties.

Section 473.180 - Persons not acceptable as sureties.

Section 473.183 - Approval of bond.

Section 473.187 - Bond valid though rejected.

Section 473.190 - Sufficiency of bond to be shown on settlements.

Section 473.193 - Inquiry into condition of sureties — order for new bond.

Section 473.197 - Court may require, increase or decrease bond, when.

Section 473.200 - Letters revoked on failure to give bond.

Section 473.203 - Effect of new bond.

Section 473.207 - Execution of bond deemed appearance by surety — procedure on breach of obligation of bond.

Section 473.210 - Successor may sue on bond.

Section 473.213 - Limitations on suits.

Section 473.217 - Action on bond generally.

Section 473.220 - Inventory and appraisement.

Section 473.223 - Settlement.

Section 473.227 - Security.

Section 473.230 - Citation of partner.

Section 473.233 - Inventory and appraisement — classification of property.

Section 473.237 - Affidavit to inventory.

Section 473.240 - Additional inventory.

Section 473.243 - Compensation of appraisers.

Section 473.247 - Debt of executor not discharged.

Section 473.250 - Debt of administrator, assets.

Section 473.253 - Inventory as evidence.

Section 473.260 - Devolution of estate at death.

Section 473.263 - Possession of assets.

Section 473.267 - Assets for payment of claims.

Section 473.270 - Collection of debts, prosecution and defense of suits.

Section 473.273 - Actions instituted by or against decedent, duties.

Section 473.277 - Compromise of debts due estate.

Section 473.280 - Purchase at foreclosure of mortgage held by estate.

Section 473.283 - Title to real estate, how taken on such purchase — how administered.

Section 473.287 - Encumbered property to be redeemed, when.

Section 473.290 - Payment of debt of decedent secured by property of another — procedure.

Section 473.293 - Disposition of valueless or encumbered property.

Section 473.297 - Expenditures for preservation of property.

Section 473.300 - Continuation of business of decedent.

Section 473.303 - Specific execution of contract of decedent — petition.

Section 473.307 - Notice — hearing — intervention.

Section 473.310 - Specific execution of contract of decedent, court order — warranties — conveyance or lease under will.

Section 473.313 - Action for specific performance — proceedings in probate division of circuit court.

Section 473.317 - Completion of contracts to purchase property — exercise of options.

Section 473.320 - Interest may be sold, when.

Section 473.323 - Interest relinquished to vendor, when.

Section 473.327 - Procedure in case of sale of school lands.

Section 473.330 - Conveyances, how made — procedure.

Section 473.333 - Investment of liquid assets.

Section 473.337 - Bank deposits.

Section 473.340 - Discovery of assets, procedure for.

Section 473.360 - Limitations on filing of claims — when claims barred.

Section 473.363 - Suits pending at decedent's death deemed duly filed, when — personal representative to list pending actions — period of nonclaim not affected.

Section 473.367 - Actions commenced after decedent's death deemed filed, when.

Section 473.370 - Establishment of claim by judgment — judgment deemed filed, when.

Section 473.380 - Claims, form and verification — claim to be established by evidence.

Section 473.383 - Claims not due, proceedings.

Section 473.387 - Secured claims — surrender of security — payment.

Section 473.390 - Contingent claims.

Section 473.393 - Collection of contingent claims from distributees — limitations — contribution.

Section 473.397 - Classification of claims and statutory allowances.

Section 473.398 - Recovery of public assistance funds from recipient's estate, when authorized — procedure — exceptions.

Section 473.399 - Definitions — obligation to repay assistance, claim against estate, when — defenses, setoff — exceptions.

Section 473.403 - Allowance of claims — court's duties — allowance by personal representative.

Section 473.407 - Defenses against claims.

Section 473.410 - Offsets or counterclaims — personal representative to list — how asserted — procedure — judgment.

Section 473.413 - Hearing and disposition of claims — notice.

Section 473.423 - Claim of personal representative — how established — procedure — fee.

Section 473.427 - Compromise of claims against estate.

Section 473.430 - Payments of claims and statutory allowances in order of classification — proportional payment — priority.

Section 473.433 - Payment of claims not required prior to six months after first publication — payments after six months — insufficient funds — payment with consent of all parties — no just claim to be barred, when.

Section 473.437 - Extension or renewal of encumbrances of assets.

Section 473.440 - Enforcement of judgment, attachment or execution liens which attached prior to decedent's death.

Section 473.443 - Proceedings where real estate has been sold under junior judgment.

Section 473.444 - Limitations on filing claims — when claims barred.

Section 473.457 - Sale of property under power in will.

Section 473.460 - Purposes for which property may be sold, mortgaged, leased or exchanged.

Section 473.463 - No known heirs, property to be sold.

Section 473.467 - Reservation of property under direction of will — specific devises reserved.

Section 473.470 - Heirs may give bond and prevent sale.

Section 473.473 - Terms of sale.

Section 473.477 - Executor or administrator not to purchase, exception.

Section 473.480 - Validity of proceedings.

Section 473.483 - Sales of perishable property.

Section 473.487 - Sale, mortgage or lease of personal property.

Section 473.490 - Sale of real estate on court's motion, when.

Section 473.493 - Petition to sell, mortgage or lease real estate — notice — order.

Section 473.497 - Creditor or other person may file petition, when.

Section 473.500 - Order for sale, mortgage or lease of property, content — duration — reappraisal, when.

Section 473.507 - Notice of public sale of real estate.

Section 473.510 - Public sale of real estate, where made, adjournment.

Section 473.513 - Report of sale — objections — approval.

Section 473.517 - New sale ordered, when.

Section 473.520 - Conveyance executed, contents — effect.

Section 473.523 - Execution of conveyance or lease where personal representative resigns, dies or has letter revoked.

Section 473.527 - Taxes not liens in hands of transferee.

Section 473.530 - Brokers', abstracting, and auctioneers' fees.

Section 473.533 - Platting of real estate.

Section 473.537 - Exchange of property.

Section 473.540 - Settlements required, when.

Section 473.543 - Settlements, contents — vouchers for disbursement — evidence, checks and drafts.

Section 473.550 - Interest to be accounted for.

Section 473.553 - Settlement docket, contents.

Section 473.557 - Notice of time for settlement.

Section 473.560 - Failure to file settlement, citation.

Section 473.563 - Settlement after citation, penalty.

Section 473.567 - Failure to settle after citation, letters revoked.

Section 473.570 - Settlement, payment of claims — apportionment where assets insufficient.

Section 473.573 - Creditor may have execution, when.

Section 473.577 - Scire facias against sureties, when.

Section 473.580 - Proceedings on scire facias.

Section 473.583 - Petition for final settlement and distribution.

Section 473.587 - Notice of final settlement.

Section 473.590 - Objections to settlement, when filed — form — hearing — approval.

Section 473.593 - Credit for uncollectible debts shown in inventory.

Section 473.597 - Conclusiveness of order approving final settlement.

Section 473.600 - Accounting for assets received and disbursed after final settlement.

Section 473.603 - Settlement on death, resignation, or removal of personal representative.

Section 473.607 - Proceedings to compel settlement — judgment, enforcement.

Section 473.610 - Distribution, when required.

Section 473.613 - Partial distribution.

Section 473.617 - Decree of final distribution.

Section 473.618 - Notice to judgment creditors of distribution — contents of request.

Section 473.620 - Order in which assets are appropriated — abatement.

Section 473.623 - Contribution between devisees.

Section 473.627 - Advancements to be determined.

Section 473.630 - Right of retainer.

Section 473.633 - Interest on general legacies.

Section 473.637 - Distributees to refund, when — judgment.

Section 473.640 - Partition of personal property in kind.

Section 473.643 - Property sold to effect partition, when.

Section 473.647 - Notice of application for partition.

Section 473.650 - Distributee may credit share against purchase price, when.

Section 473.653 - Proceedings to compel distribution.

Section 473.657 - Distribution.

Section 473.660 - Discharge of personal representative.

Section 473.663 - No administration within one year after death and no will probated, interested party may petition — contents of petition — notice.

Section 473.665 - Definitions.

Section 473.668 - Administration of estate of nonresident decedent as original proceeding.

Section 473.671 - Jurisdiction of property — situs of intangibles.

Section 473.675 - Applicability of law to estate of nonresident decedent — exceptions.

Section 473.676 - Filing of copy of appointment of domiciliary foreign personal representative, when.

Section 473.677 - Domiciliary foreign personal representative, powers, duties and obligations.

Section 473.678 - Power of domiciliary foreign personal representative, when executed — termination of powers — substitution of local personal representative, when.

Section 473.682 - Priority of personal representative appointed by court of decedent's domicile — exceptions.

Section 473.685 - Foreign personal representative subject to jurisdiction of courts of state, when.

Section 473.687 - Foreign personal representative also subject to court's jurisdiction to same extent as decedent prior to death.

Section 473.689 - Service of process on foreign personal representative, how made.

Section 473.691 - Debtor or custodian may pay or deliver personal property to foreign representative, when.

Section 473.692 - Adjudication against any personal representative of estate binding on local personal representative.

Section 473.694 - Effect of law on reciprocal corporate fiduciaries law.

Section 473.697 - Letters of administration for persons absent for five or more years — application — notice — hearing.

Section 473.700 - Who may testify.

Section 473.703 - Publication of finding — time for rebuttal.

Section 473.707 - Issuance of letters, when.

Section 473.710 - Revocation of letters, when — effect — procedure.

Section 473.713 - Distributees to give bond before receiving estate.

Section 473.717 - Supposed decedent substituted for administrator, when — effect on actions, judgments.

Section 473.720 - Payment of costs.

Section 473.730 - Public administrators — qualifications — election — oath — bond — public administrator deemed public office, duties — salaried public administrators deemed county officials — City of St. Louis, appointments of administrators.

Section 473.733 - Certificate and oath — bond, how sued on.

Section 473.737 - Administrators to have separate offices — St. Louis administrator in civil courts building — certain public administrators to have secretaries — clerical personnel to be provided, when.

Section 473.739 - Compensation for attendance at training session, certain public administrators, expenses shall be reimbursed, when (certain counties of the first classification).

Section 473.740 - Compensation, Boone and Clay counties — removal from office — public administrator's fees paid to county, when — public administrator's salary in lieu of fees, when.

Section 473.741 - County governing body may authorize additional compensation, when — maximum allowed — additional compensation to terminate, when (certain first class counties).

Section 473.742 - Salary schedule for public administrators, certain counties — administrator to choose salary or fee collection — certain administrators may join LAGERS.

Section 473.743 - Duty of public administrator to take charge of estates, when.

Section 473.748 - Unenforceability of certain contract provisions requiring a public administrator to be personally responsible for debt or account of a ward or protectee.

Section 473.750 - Powers and duties under administration law.

Section 473.753 - Notice of administration, when and how given — penalty for failure.

Section 473.757 - Civil officers to inform public administrator as to property, when.

Section 473.760 - Shall prosecute necessary suits.

Section 473.763 - Court may order public administrator to account to successor, when.

Section 473.767 - Public administrator, duties after expiration of term — duties prior to expiration of term, certain counties.

Section 473.770 - Deputies, appointment, tenure, compensation, powers (first classification counties) — delegation of duties, certain counties.

Section 473.771 - Deputies, appointment in all counties but counties of the first classification — tenure — compensation — powers — delegation to deputies.

Section 473.773 - Public administrator and sureties liable for acts of deputies.

Section 473.775 - Staff to be deemed county employees — full-time staff may be provided for certain administrators.

Section 473.780 - Independent administration, when.

Section 473.783 - Notice of independent administration, contents.

Section 473.787 - Duties of personal representative in independent administration — attorney required, when.

Section 473.793 - Inventory of property by independent personal representative.

Section 473.797 - Independent personal representative may employ appraisers, attorney, accountant or tax specialist.

Section 473.800 - Supplementary inventory, when required — copies to interested persons.

Section 473.803 - Independent personal representative's right to decedent's property — exceptions — duties.

Section 473.810 - Powers and duties of independent personal representative.

Section 473.811 - Dealing in good faith for value with independent representative protected — no duty to inquire — liability of independent personal representative.

Section 473.820 - Liability of personal representative.

Section 473.823 - Compensation of independent personal representative and attorney.

Section 473.827 - Review of compensation of independent personal representative and of employment and compensation of others, when — refunds, when.

Section 473.830 - Court may restrain personal representative, when — petition — hearing — procedure.

Section 473.833 - Revocation of independent administration, when — petition — hearing — orders of court.

Section 473.837 - Settlement of estate, when — notice — distribution.

Section 473.840 - Completion of administration — discharge of independent personal representative, when — procedures — objections, time limitation, procedure.

Section 473.843 - Time for complete settlement or filing of statement of account — extension.

Section 473.844 - Distribution in kind — deeds, evidentiary effect — improper distribution, liability of distributee, exceptions.

Section 473.845 - Interest of purchaser for value from, or lender to, distributee of property protected.