{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.455","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.455","heading":"Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing testator — exceptions.","body":"A devisee who does not survive the testator by one hundred twenty hours is treated as if he predeceased the testator, unless the will of decedent contains some language dealing explicitly with simultaneous deaths or deaths in a common disaster, or requiring that the devisee survive the testator or survive the testator for a stated period in order to take under the will.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 474 - Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=474.455","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"17ac2928a3b76478108dbbe6403b7a091a830e09bcb8c3f85a7c7aab8a9a6281","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.450","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.460"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}