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Section 474.010 - General rules of descent. - Effective - 23 May 1996 474.010. General rules of descent....
Section 474.015 - Failure to survive decedent by 120 hours deemed predecease of decedent — consequences. - Effective - 10 Jun 1981 474.015. Failure to survive decedent...
Section 474.020 - Lineals take per capita and per stirpes, when. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.020. Lineals take per capita...
Section 474.030 - Partial intestacy. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.030. Partial intestacy. — If...
Section 474.040 - Collaterals of half blood inherit, how. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.040. Collaterals of half blood...
Section 474.050 - Posthumous children to inherit. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.050. Posthumous children to inherit....
Section 474.060 - Determination of relationship of parent and child — adopted person is child of adopting parent, exception — illegitimate child, relationship determined. - Effective - 10 Jun 1981, 2 histories 474.060. Determination of...
Section 474.070 - Legitimation by marriage. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.070. Legitimation by marriage. —...
Section 474.080 - Issue of void or dissolved marriage, legitimate. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.080. Issue of void or...
Section 474.090 - Advancements counted against share, when — evaluation. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.090. Advancements counted against share,...
Section 474.100 - Alienage no bar to descent. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.100. Alienage no bar to...
Section 474.110 - Curtesy and dower abolished. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.110. Curtesy and dower abolished....
Section 474.120 - Inheritance and statutory rights deemed waived, when. - Effective - 28 Aug 1963 474.120. Inheritance and statutory rights...
Section 474.130 - Estate conveyed determines on failure of contractual bar. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.130. Estate conveyed determines on...
Section 474.140 - Inheritance and statutory rights barred on misconduct of spouse. - Effective - 28 Aug 2001 474.140. Inheritance and statutory rights...
Section 474.150 - Gifts in fraud of marital rights — presumptions on conveyances. - Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories 474.150. Gifts in...
Section 474.155 - Contract to make will or devise, revoke or not revoke will or devise, or to die intestate, how established. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.155. Contract to make will...
Section 474.160 - Election by surviving spouse to take against will, effect. - Effective - 28 Aug 1957 474.160. Election by surviving spouse...
Section 474.163 - Valuation of estate, how determined. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.163. Valuation of estate, how...
Section 474.170 - Notice of right to elect. - Effective - 28 Aug 1983 474.170. Notice of right to...
Section 474.180 - Time for making of election. - Effective - 28 Aug 1957 474.180. Time for making of...
Section 474.190 - Form of election, filing. - Effective - 28 Aug 1983 474.190. Form of election, filing....
Section 474.200 - Right of election personal to surviving spouse. - Effective - 28 Aug 1983 474.200. Right of election personal...
Section 474.220 - Waiver of right to elect. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.220. Waiver of right to...
Section 474.230 - Effect of failure to elect to take against will. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.230. Effect of failure to...
Section 474.235 - Share of omitted spouse. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.235. Share of omitted spouse....
Section 474.240 - Share of omitted children, how determined. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.240. Share of omitted children,...
Section 474.250 - Exempt property of surviving spouse or minor children. - Effective - 23 May 1996 474.250. Exempt property of surviving...
Section 474.260 - One year support allowance, property in lieu thereof — allowance exempt from all claims. - Effective - 23 May 1996 474.260. One year support allowance,...
Section 474.270 - Exempt property applied for, when. - Effective - 28 Aug 1957 474.270. Exempt property applied for,...
Section 474.280 - Proceeds of sale of exempt property paid over, when. - Effective - 28 Aug 1957 474.280. Proceeds of sale of...
Section 474.290 - Homestead allowance — partition of real estate selected, procedure — waiver. - Effective - 23 May 1996 474.290. Homestead allowance — partition...
Section 474.293 - Provision of family allowance by independent personal representative — limitations — relief by court. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.293. Provision of family allowance...
Section 474.300 - Effect of death of spouse or child or marriage of minor on family and homestead allowances. - Effective - 28 Aug 1965 474.300. Effect of death of...
Section 474.310 - Who may make will. - Effective - 28 Aug 1999 474.310. Who may make will....
Section 474.320 - Will form, execution, attestation. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.320. Will form, execution, attestation....
Section 474.330 - Who may witness will — effect of interest in will. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.330. Who may witness will...
Section 474.333 - Will may provide for disposal of personal property by separate list. - Effective - 23 May 1996 474.333. Will may provide for...
Section 474.337 - Written will self-proved, how. - Effective - 12 Jun 1991 474.337. Written will self-proved, how....
Section 474.340 - Nuncupative wills. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.340. Nuncupative wills. — 1....
Section 474.350 - Revocation of nuncupative will. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.350. Revocation of nuncupative will....
Section 474.360 - Written will valid if executed in compliance with law. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981, 2 histories 474.360. Written will...
Section 474.370 - Foreign wills, recorded when, evidence. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.370. Foreign wills, recorded when,...
Section 474.380 - Probate of foreign wills. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.380. Probate of foreign wills....
Section 474.382 - Wills and trusts, English translation required, costs. - Effective - 28 Aug 1998 474.382. Wills and trusts, English...
Section 474.390 - Contest of foreign will. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.390. Contest of foreign will....
Section 474.395 - No-contest clauses, application of, petition may be filed — definition. - Effective - 28 Aug 2014 474.395. No-contest clauses, application of,...
Section 474.400 - Revocation of wills. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.400. Revocation of wills. —...
Section 474.410 - Revocation of subsequent will also revokes first will — exception. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.410. Revocation of subsequent will...
Section 474.420 - Change in circumstances — divorce. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.420. Change in circumstances —...
Section 474.425 - Property given by testator during life treated as satisfaction of devise, when — valuation. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.425. Property given by testator...
Section 474.430 - Court to conform to directions of will. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.430. Court to conform to...
Section 474.435 - Class gift terminology includes certain persons and relationships, how determined. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.435. Class gift terminology includes...
Section 474.440 - Bond to convey does not revoke devise. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.440. Bond to convey does...
Section 474.450 - Encumbrance does not revoke devise — exoneration, when. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.450. Encumbrance does not revoke...
Section 474.455 - Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing testator — exceptions. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.455. Devisee who does not...
Section 474.460 - Testator surviving devisee, effect. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.460. Testator surviving devisee, effect....
Section 474.463 - Exchange of securities not to adeem specific legacy. - Effective - 10 Jun 1981 474.463. Exchange of securities not...
Section 474.465 - Failure of devise to become part of residue. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 474.465. Failure of devise to...
Section 474.470 - Rule in Shelley's case abolished, effect. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.470. Rule in Shelley's case...
Section 474.480 - Devise deemed to convey fee simple, when. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.480. Devise deemed to convey...
Section 474.500 - Wills of land to be recorded, where. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.500. Wills of land to...
Section 474.510 - Deposit of will in court in testator's lifetime. - Effective - 01 Jul 1997 474.510. Deposit of will in...
Section 474.520 - Construction of will. - Effective - 28 Aug 1955 474.520. Construction of will. —...
Section 474.530 - Wills heretofore probated, effect — evidence. - Effective - 02 Jan 1979 474.530. Wills heretofore probated, effect...