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- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.676 · Filing of copy of appointment of domiciliary foreign personal representative, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.677 · Domiciliary foreign personal representative, powers, duties and obligations.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.678 · Power of domiciliary foreign personal representative, when executed — termination of powers — substitution of local personal representative, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.682 · Priority of personal representative appointed by court of decedent's domicile — exceptions.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.685 · Foreign personal representative subject to jurisdiction of courts of state, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.687 · Foreign personal representative also subject to court's jurisdiction to same extent as decedent prior to death.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.689 · Service of process on foreign personal representative, how made.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.691 · Debtor or custodian may pay or deliver personal property to foreign representative, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.692 · Adjudication against any personal representative of estate binding on local personal representative.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.694 · Effect of law on reciprocal corporate fiduciaries law.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.697 · Letters of administration for persons absent for five or more years — application — notice — hearing.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.700 · Who may testify.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.703 · Publication of finding — time for rebuttal.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.707 · Issuance of letters, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.710 · Revocation of letters, when — effect — procedure.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.713 · Distributees to give bond before receiving estate.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.717 · Supposed decedent substituted for administrator, when — effect on actions, judgments.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.720 · Payment of costs.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 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.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.733 · Certificate and oath — bond, how sued on.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 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.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.739 · Compensation for attendance at training session, certain public administrators, expenses shall be reimbursed, when (certain counties of the first classification).
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 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.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.741 · County governing body may authorize additional compensation, when — maximum allowed — additional compensation to terminate, when (certain first class counties).
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.742 · Salary schedule for public administrators, certain counties — administrator to choose salary or fee collection — certain administrators may join LAGERS.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.743 · Duty of public administrator to take charge of estates, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.748 · Unenforceability of certain contract provisions requiring a public administrator to be personally responsible for debt or account of a ward or protectee.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.750 · Powers and duties under administration law.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.753 · Notice of administration, when and how given — penalty for failure.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.757 · Civil officers to inform public administrator as to property, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.760 · Shall prosecute necessary suits.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.763 · Court may order public administrator to account to successor, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.767 · Public administrator, duties after expiration of term — duties prior to expiration of term, certain counties.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.770 · Deputies, appointment, tenure, compensation, powers (first classification counties) — delegation of duties, certain counties.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.771 · Deputies, appointment in all counties but counties of the first classification — tenure — compensation — powers — delegation to deputies.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.773 · Public administrator and sureties liable for acts of deputies.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.775 · Staff to be deemed county employees — full-time staff may be provided for certain administrators.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.780 · Independent administration, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.783 · Notice of independent administration, contents.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.787 · Duties of personal representative in independent administration — attorney required, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.793 · Inventory of property by independent personal representative.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.797 · Independent personal representative may employ appraisers, attorney, accountant or tax specialist.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.800 · Supplementary inventory, when required — copies to interested persons.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.803 · Independent personal representative's right to decedent's property — exceptions — duties.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.810 · Powers and duties of independent personal representative.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.811 · Dealing in good faith for value with independent representative protected — no duty to inquire — liability of independent personal representative.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.820 · Liability of personal representative.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.823 · Compensation of independent personal representative and attorney.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.827 · Review of compensation of independent personal representative and of employment and compensation of others, when — refunds, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.830 · Court may restrain personal representative, when — petition — hearing — procedure.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.833 · Revocation of independent administration, when — petition — hearing — orders of court.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.837 · Settlement of estate, when — notice — distribution.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.840 · Completion of administration — discharge of independent personal representative, when — procedures — objections, time limitation, procedure.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.843 · Time for complete settlement or filing of statement of account — extension.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.844 · Distribution in kind — deeds, evidentiary effect — improper distribution, liability of distributee, exceptions.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.845 · Interest of purchaser for value from, or lender to, distributee of property protected.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.010 · General rules of descent.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.015 · Failure to survive decedent by 120 hours deemed predecease of decedent — consequences.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.020 · Lineals take per capita and per stirpes, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.030 · Partial intestacy.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.040 · Collaterals of half blood inherit, how.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.050 · Posthumous children to inherit.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.060 · Determination of relationship of parent and child — adopted person is child of adopting parent, exception — illegitimate child, relationship determined.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.070 · Legitimation by marriage.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.080 · Issue of void or dissolved marriage, legitimate.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.090 · Advancements counted against share, when — evaluation.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.100 · Alienage no bar to descent.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.110 · Curtesy and dower abolished.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.120 · Inheritance and statutory rights deemed waived, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.130 · Estate conveyed determines on failure of contractual bar.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.140 · Inheritance and statutory rights barred on misconduct of spouse.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.150 · Gifts in fraud of marital rights — presumptions on conveyances.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.155 · Contract to make will or devise, revoke or not revoke will or devise, or to die intestate, how established.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.160 · Election by surviving spouse to take against will, effect.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.163 · Valuation of estate, how determined.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.170 · Notice of right to elect.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.180 · Time for making of election.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.190 · Form of election, filing.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.200 · Right of election personal to surviving spouse.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.220 · Waiver of right to elect.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.230 · Effect of failure to elect to take against will.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.235 · Share of omitted spouse.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.240 · Share of omitted children, how determined.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.250 · Exempt property of surviving spouse or minor children.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.260 · One year support allowance, property in lieu thereof — allowance exempt from all claims.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.270 · Exempt property applied for, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.280 · Proceeds of sale of exempt property paid over, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.290 · Homestead allowance — partition of real estate selected, procedure — waiver.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.293 · Provision of family allowance by independent personal representative — limitations — relief by court.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.300 · Effect of death of spouse or child or marriage of minor on family and homestead allowances.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.310 · Who may make will.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.320 · Will form, execution, attestation.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.330 · Who may witness will — effect of interest in will.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.333 · Will may provide for disposal of personal property by separate list.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.337 · Written will self-proved, how.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.340 · Nuncupative wills.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.350 · Revocation of nuncupative will.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.360 · Written will valid if executed in compliance with law.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.370 · Foreign wills, recorded when, evidence.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.380 · Probate of foreign wills.