{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.427","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.427","heading":"Compromise of claims against estate.","body":"When a claim against the estate has been filed or suit thereon is pending, the creditor and personal representative, if it appears for the best interest of the estate, may compromise the claim, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated.","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=473.427","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"2ebaa40a3ec264dd151f0be0d780f55147aee4943666046171d77ac8b6a3aef3","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.423","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.430"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}