{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-442.530","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.530","heading":"Value of life estates — how computed.","body":"When a party as tenant for life, or by the curtesy, or in dower, is entitled to the annual interest on a sum of money, or is entitled to the use of any estate, or part thereof, and is willing to accept a gross sum in lieu thereof, or the party liable for such interest, or affected by such claim, has the right to pay a gross sum in lieu thereof, or if the court in any legal proceedings adjudge or decree a gross sum to be paid in lieu thereof, the sum shall be estimated according to the then value of an annuity of six percent on the principal sum during the probable life of such person, according to the following table, showing the present value, on the basis of six percent interest, of an annuity of one dollar, according to the Carlisle tables of mortality, payable at the end of every year that a person of a given age may be living for the ages therein stated:\nTABLE\nAge Present value Age Present value\n0 $10.439 52 10.208\n1 12.078 53 9.988\n2 12.925 54 9.761\n3 13.652 55 9.524\n4 14.042 56 9.280\n5 14.325 57 9.027\n6 14.460 58 8.772\n7 14.518 59 8.529\n8 14.526 60 8.304\n9 14.500 61 8.108\n10 14.448 62 7.913\n11 14.384 63 7.714\n12 14.321 64 7.502\n13 14.257 65 7.281\n14 14.191 66 7.049\n15 14.126 67 6.803\n16 14.067 68 6.546\n17 14.012 69 6.277\n18 13.956 70 5.998\n19 13.897 71 5.704\n20 13.835 72 5.424\n21 13.769 73 5.170\n22 13.697 74 4.944\n23 13.621 75 4.760\n24 13.541 76 4.579\n25 13.456 77 4.410\n26 13.368 78 4.238\n27 13.275 79 4.040\n28 13.182 80 3.858\n29 13.096 81 3.656\n30 13.020 82 3.474\n31 12.942 83 3.286\n32 12.860 84 3.102\n33 12.771 85 2.909\n34 12.675 86 2.739\n35 12.573 87 2.599\n36 12.465 88 2.515\n37 12.354 89 2.417\n38 12.239 90 2.266\n39 12.120 91 2.248\n40 12.002 92 2.337\n41 11.890 93 2.440\n42 11.779 94 2.492\n43 11.668 95 2.522\n44 11.551 96 2.486\n45 11.428 97 2.368\n46 11.296 98 2.227\n47 11.154 99 2.004\n48 10.998 100 1.596\n49 10.823 101 1.175\n50 10.631 102 0.744\n51 10.422 103 0.314","path":["Title XXIX - OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY","Chapter 442 - Titles and Conveyance of Real Estate"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=442.530","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"0b0fdfa8eb3273802d203212909fb3eb92afc242d21c547898799a06bf3d8339","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-442.520","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-442.540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}