Section 473.397 Classification of claims and statutory allowances.

MO Rev Stat § 473.397 (2019) (N/A)

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Effective 28 Aug 2018

473.397. Classification of claims and statutory allowances. — 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.

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(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

CROSS REFERENCE:

State claims paramount--personal liability on failure to pay, 430.330 to 430.350

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