{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-475.140","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.140","heading":"Notice of conservatorship of disabled persons.","body":"1. The clerk, as soon as letters of conservatorship of the estate of any disabled person are issued, upon the basis of a determination of disability other than minority, shall cause to be published in some newspaper a notice of the appointment of the conservator, in which shall be included a notice to creditors of the protectee to file their claims in the court or be forever barred. The notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in accordance with section 472.100. Such notice shall be in substantially the following form:\nTO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ______, A DISABLED PERSON:\nOn the _________ day of _________ , 20_________ , _________ was appointed conservator of the estate of _________ , a person adjudicated disabled under the laws of Missouri, by the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of _________ County, Missouri. The business address of the conservator is _________ . All creditors of said disabled person are notified to file their claims in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court. Date of first publication _________\n__________________\nClerk of the Probate Division of the\nCircuit Court of _________ County, Missouri\n2. The court, in its discretion, may waive publication of notice or defer it until a definite date or until further order of the court.\n3. When a limited conservator has been appointed, the notice shall so specify.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=475.140","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"76def5bd7463acd0a53b94fb23e5832b592edfb1fc6095a9ec5c143aaf0dec85","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-475.134","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-475.145"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}