{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.407","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.407","heading":"Defenses against claims.","body":"Any executor or administrator may assert the same offsets and other defenses against any suit or other proceeding instituted against the estate of his testator or intestate which he might have made in his lifetime.","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=473.407","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"3239cc41bc042901eb22831bb15f858a19b922321f93f77eab169fa7e0c95149","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.403","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}