Missouri § 474.455 Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing testator — exceptions.

Missouri Statutes

§ 474.455 — Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing testator — exceptions.

Missouri § 474.455

Title XXXITRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY

Ch. 474Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills

This text of Missouri § 474.455 (Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing testator — exceptions.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Missouri primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.455 (2026).

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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.

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