{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.4-413","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 456.4-413","heading":"Cy pres.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, if a particular charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, or wasteful:\n(1) the trust does not fail, in whole or in part;\n(2) the trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor's successors in interest; and\n(3) the court may apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust by directing that the trust property be applied or distributed, in whole or in part, in a manner consistent with the settlor's charitable purposes.\n2. A provision in the terms of a charitable trust that would result in distribution of the trust property to a noncharitable beneficiary prevails over the power of the court under subsection 1 of this section to apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust only if, when the provision takes effect:\n(1) the trust property is to revert to the settlor and the settlor is still living; or\n(2) fewer than twenty-one years have elapsed since the date of the trust's creation.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 456 - Trusts and Trustees — The Uniform Trust Code"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=456.4-413","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"2507bdbd8d4f0ddb7051485e0cbb4c7f7e93bb68d97fd6093e7f57c0238fd692","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.4-412","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-456.4-414"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}