{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-471.040","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 471.040","heading":"Insurance policies.","body":"Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 471 - Uniform Simultaneous Death Law"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=471.040","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"98591519be0855ae41773692f6bde3e82962ab6824df0d8b22ac3beb32b7bd67","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-471.030","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-471.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}