{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.270","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.270","heading":"Collection of debts, prosecution and defense of suits.","body":"Executors and administrators shall collect all money and debts of every kind due to the decedent, and give receipts and discharges therefor, and shall commence and prosecute all actions which may be maintained and are necessary in the course of his administration, and defend all actions brought against him.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.270","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"bf107931d8b9a964e8b34709d18cae2bf33c19613458c0eec3788cb8a8e5c0d6","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.267","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.273"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}