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Section 456.041 Unclaimed property — liability of trustee.

MO Rev Stat § 456.041 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 28 Aug 2004

456.041. Unclaimed property — liability of trustee. — 1. The payment or delivery of such unclaimed property to the state treasurer by the trustee shall terminate any legal relationship between the trustee and beneficiary or apparent beneficiary to receive such property and shall release and discharge the trustee from any and all liability to such beneficiary, his heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns by such payment or delivery, regardless of whether such property is in fact or in law unclaimed property.

2. Such payment or delivery may be pleaded as a bar to recovery and shall be a defense in any suit or action brought by the apparent owner, or his heirs, personal representatives, successors or assigns, or any claimant against the trustee by reason of the delivery of payment.

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(L. 1983 H.B. 117, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1511)

Transferred 2004; formerly 456.660

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