2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXI TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY
Chapter 473 Probate Code--Administration of Decedents' Estates
Section 473.397. Classification of claims and statutory allowances.

473.397. 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) 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;

(7) Debts and taxes due the state of Missouri, any county, or any political subdivision of the state of Missouri;

(8) Judgments rendered against the decedent in his lifetime and judgments rendered upon attachments levied upon property of decedent during his lifetime;

(9) All other claims not barred by section 473.360.

(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)

Prior revisions: 1929 182; 1919 181; 1909 190

Effective 1-1-81

CROSS REFERENCE:

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

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