Missouri § 473.397 Classification of claims and statutory allowances.

Missouri Statutes

§ 473.397 — Classification of claims and statutory allowances.

Missouri § 473.397

Title XXXITRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY

Ch. 473Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.397 (2026).

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All claims and statutory allowances against the estate of a decedent shall be divided into the following classes:

(1)Costs;

(2)Expenses of administration;

(3)Exempt property, family and homestead allowances;

(4)Funeral expenses;

(5)Debts and taxes due the United States of America;

(6)Debts for medical assistance owed to the state of Missouri under section 473.398 ;

(7)Expenses of the last sickness, wages of servants, claims for medicine and medical attendance during the last sickness, and the reasonable cost of a tombstone;

(8)Debts and taxes due the state of Missouri, any county, or any political subdivision of the state of Missouri;

(9)Judgments rendered against the decedent in his lifetime and judgments rendered upon attachments levied upon property of deceden

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All claims and statutory allowances against the estate of a decedent shall be divided into the following classes:

(1) Costs;

(2) Expenses of administration;

(3) Exempt property, family and homestead allowances;

(4) Funeral expenses;

(5) Debts and taxes due the United States of America;

(6) Debts for medical assistance owed to the state of Missouri under section 473.398 ;

(7) Expenses of the last sickness, wages of servants, claims for medicine and medical attendance during the last sickness, and the reasonable cost of a tombstone;

(8) Debts and taxes due the state of Missouri, any county, or any political subdivision of the state of Missouri;

(9) Judgments rendered against the decedent in his lifetime and judgments rendered upon attachments levied upon property of decedent during his lifetime;

(10) All other claims not barred by section 473.360 .

Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 181, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 150, A.L. 1965 p. 635, A.L. 1969 S.B. 84, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806) Prior revisions: 1929 § 182; 1919 § 181; 1909 § 190 State claims paramount--personal liability on failure to pay,430.330 to 430.350