Effective - 28 Aug 1983, 2 histories
*478.473. Letters where granted (Jackson County). — 1. Letters testamentary or of administration on the estates of decedents and letters of guardianship of the person and letters of conservatorship of the estate of minors or disabled and incapacitated persons shall be granted by the probate division of the circuit court of Jackson County, or the division clerk thereof when not in session, at Independence or at Kansas City, as hereinafter provided, and all orders, settlements, trials and other proceedings had therein shall be had, done and kept of record in the office of the clerk where such letters are granted. For the purposes of this section, Jackson County is hereby divided into an "eastern" portion and a "western" portion, as hereinafter described.
2. (1) The "western" portion of Jackson County is described as follows:
Beginning in the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River, at a point where the easterly city limits of the city of Kansas City intersects the same; thence southerly along said easterly city limits of the city of Kansas City and following the meanderings of same to the intersection of said easterly city limits with the center line of Blue Ridge Boulevard (just north of U.S. Highway No. 24); thence southerly along the center line of Blue Ridge Boulevard to its intersection with the center line of Blue Ridge Cut-Off (at about 33rd Street); thence southerly along the center line of Blue Ridge Cut-Off to its intersection with the center line of Blue Ridge Boulevard Extension (at about 66th Street); thence southerly along the center line of Blue Ridge Boulevard Extension to its intersection with the center line of 87th Street; thence easterly along the center line of 87th Street to its intersection with the center line of Raytown Road; thence southerly along the center line of Raytown Road to its intersection with the center line of Outer Belt Road; thence easterly along the center line of Outer Belt Road to its intersection with the center line of Peterson Road; thence southerly along the center line of Peterson Road to its intersection with the boundary between Jackson County and Cass County; thence westerly along said boundary between Jackson County and Cass County to its intersection with the western boundary line of the state of Missouri; thence northerly along the western boundary line of the state of Missouri to its intersection with the middle of the main channel of the Missouri River; thence down said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the place of beginning.
(2) The "eastern" portion of Jackson County is described as the remainder of Jackson County other than the aforesaid "western" portion. The boundaries as herein established are permanently fixed geographically as of January 2, 1979, and are not to be considered altered by reason of change of name or location of any of the roads or city limits to which reference is made herein.
3. If, at the time of the death of a decedent, or at the time of the filing of a petition for appointment of a guardian for a minor or an incompetent, such decedent or minor or incompetent:
(1) Resides in the "eastern" portion, then such letters shall be granted at Independence;
(2) Resides in the "western" portion, then such letters shall be granted at Kansas City;
(3) Does not reside in Jackson County but is possessed of lands lying in the "eastern" portion (but none in the "western" portion), then such letters shall be granted at Independence;
(4) Does not reside in Jackson County but is possessed of lands lying in the "western" portion (but none in the "eastern" portion), then such letters shall be granted at Kansas City. In all other cases, such letters may be granted at either Independence or Kansas City.
4. The probate division of the circuit court of Jackson County shall keep two offices for the transaction of its business, one at Independence and the other at Kansas City. The records relating to cases in the "eastern" portion of Jackson County shall be maintained at Independence and the records relating to cases in the "western" portion of Jackson County shall be maintained at Kansas City, unless a case be transferred.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
*Formerly 481.290.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Section 478.010 - Election of circuit judges.
Section 478.011 - Number of judicial circuits
Section 478.012 - Circuit court defined.
Section 478.013 - Salaries of circuit judges — practice of or doing law business prohibited.
Section 478.014 - Judge of the circuit court, defined.
Section 478.017 - Travel allowance for circuit judges.
Section 478.018 - Associate judges, circuit court, compensation.
Section 478.020 - Expenses of judge when serving outside regular circuit.
Section 478.023 - Salary and expenses, how paid.
Section 478.035 - Circuit courts — counties and City of St. Louis to provide quarters.
Section 478.063 - Juvenile divisions designated.
Section 478.070 - Jurisdiction of circuit courts.
Section 478.191 - Authority for establishment of circuits, repealed, effective when.
Section 478.205 - Circuit court, continual session — when term required, time commencing.
Section 478.206 - Writs and other processes returned to first term, when, effect.
Section 478.220 - Circuit and associate circuit judges, jurisdiction, restrictions.
Section 478.230 - Municipal judges, jurisdiction — cases subject to transfer.
Section 478.248 - Availability of a judge for bail purposes, when, local court rules to ensure.
Section 478.250 - Procedure for filing cases, docketing, assignment, hearing.
Section 478.260 - Probate division of circuit court established, jurisdiction.
Section 478.270 - Judge or clerk not to prepare wills or settlements — letters revoked, when.
Section 478.330 - Additional circuit judges authorized, when.
Section 478.370 - Divisions of Circuit No. 5, number — when judges elected.
Section 478.385 - Circuit No. 7, number of judges.
Section 478.387 - Circuit No. 22, number of judges.
Section 478.400 - General term — business, how distributed and expedited.
Section 478.434 - Fines, penalties and forfeitures, to be paid into city treasury, reports.
Section 478.435 - Register to furnish names of collectors to court.
Section 478.437 - Circuit No. 21, number of judges.
Section 478.450 - To make rules for numbering, assignment and transfer of cases.
Section 478.463 - Circuit No. 16, number of judges, divisions — where divisions to sit.
Section 478.464 - Associate circuit divisions numbered — divisions to sit, where — (Jackson County).
Section 478.467 - Court may make rules for distribution of cases.
Section 478.469 - Appeals from municipal judges, where heard.
Section 478.473 - Letters where granted (Jackson County).
Section 478.475 - Sales of real estate at courthouse door.
Section 478.483 - Jurisdiction as to mechanic's liens.
Section 478.513 - Circuit No. 31, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.527 - Circuit No. 29, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.528 - Family court commissioner position.
Section 478.530 - Court may make rules for distribution, transfer of cases.
Section 478.570 - Circuit No. 17, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.577 - Circuit No. 46, number of judges — election, when.
Section 478.620 - Records of former Sturgeon court of common pleas, transfer and keeping of.
Section 478.625 - Circuit No. 19, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.630 - Circuit No. 20, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.690 - Circuit No. 24, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.700 - Circuit No. 25, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.705 - Circuit No. 26, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.710 - Circuit No. 32, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.715 - Circuit No. 42, number of judges, divisions — when judges elected.
Section 478.716 - Treatment court commissioner position.
Section 478.730 - Circuit No. 44, judge appointed, elected when.
Section 478.740 - Circuit No. 38, number of judges — number of divisions — election dates.
Section 478.750 - Circuit No. 43, number of judges — divisions — election.