Missouri Statutes

§ 474.270 — Exempt property applied for, when.

Missouri § 474.270

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXXITRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY

Ch. 474Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.270 (2026).

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The surviving spouse or other custodian of unmarried minor children shall apply for the property named in section 474.250 before the same is distributed or sold, but the property so delivered shall in no case be liable for the payment of the claims against the estate.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 108, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 136, A.L. 1957 p. 829) Prior revisions: 1929 § 109; 1919 § 108; 1909 § 117

Nearby Sections

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§ 474.010

General rules of descent.

§ 474.015

Failure to survive decedent by 120 hours deemed predecease of decedent — consequences.

§ 474.020

Lineals take per capita and per stirpes, when.

§ 474.030

Partial intestacy.

§ 474.040

Collaterals of half blood inherit, how.

§ 474.050

Posthumous children to inherit.

§ 474.060

Determination of relationship of parent and child — adopted person is child of adopting parent, exception — illegitimate child, relationship determined.

§ 474.070

Legitimation by marriage.

§ 474.080

Issue of void or dissolved marriage, legitimate.

§ 474.090

Advancements counted against share, when — evaluation.

§ 474.100

Alienage no bar to descent.

§ 474.110

Curtesy and dower abolished.

§ 474.120

Inheritance and statutory rights deemed waived, when.

§ 474.130

Estate conveyed determines on failure of contractual bar.

§ 474.140

Inheritance and statutory rights barred on misconduct of spouse.

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