Missouri Statutes
§ 521.440 — Powers of the attorney under section 521.430.
Missouri § 521.440
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 521.440 (2026).
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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.
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Legislative History
(RSMo 1939 § 1481)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1317; 1919 § 1768; 1909 § 2337
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Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 521.440, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/521/521.440.