{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-461.033","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 461.033","heading":"Revocation or change of beneficiaries designation.","body":"1. A beneficiary designation may be revoked or changed in whole or in part during the lifetime of the owner. A revocation or change of a beneficiary designation involving property of joint owners may only be made with the agreement of all owners then living.\n2. A subsequent beneficiary designation revokes a prior beneficiary designation unless the subsequent beneficiary designation expressly provides otherwise.\n3. A revocation or change in a beneficiary designation shall comply with the terms of the governing instrument, the rules of the transferring entity and the applicable law.\n4. A beneficiary designation may not be revoked or changed by the provisions of a will unless the beneficiary designation expressly grants the owner the right to revoke or change a beneficiary designation by will.\n5. A transfer during the owner's lifetime of the owner's interest in property, with or without consideration, terminates the beneficiary designation with respect to the property transferred.\n6. The effective date of a revocation or change in a beneficiary designation shall be determined in the same manner as the effective date of a beneficiary designation.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=461.033","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"635f67164e54102d1cebd2d039fba64c7d092cf042642ae4a0363599903ca693","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-461.031","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-461.035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}