{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-521.440","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 521.440","heading":"Powers of the attorney under section 521.430.","body":"The person appointed attorney, as directed, shall, as long as his appointment continues in force, be deemed, to all intents and purposes, the representative of the decedent, and shall have the same power to file pleadings, order process, or take any other steps in the defense, as the decedent would have were he living.","path":["Title XXXVI - STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS","Chapter 521 - Attachments"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=521.440","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"bbc8f3d933b9abf3bb28f3208d2f8e7af25f54701695caa78eca13cc213ac8a0","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-521.430","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-521.450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}