2022 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability
Chapter 456 - Trusts and Trustees — The Uniform Trust Code
Section 456.039 - Procedure by trustee with respect to unclaimed property.
Effective - 28 Aug 2004
456.039. Procedure by trustee with respect to unclaimed property. — 1. Any trustee holding such unclaimed property may file with the state treasurer a verified statement setting forth the reason or reasons why such property is presumed to be unclaimed, the efforts made to find or ascertain any heirs, legal representatives, successors or assigns of any beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom such property is distributable, a list of all instruments known to the trustee that pertain to the trust and their location, with copies of those that are in possession of the trustee, and any further facts causing the trustee to believe that the property is unclaimed, and transfer such property to the state treasurer, who shall issue his receipt therefor.
2. All property so received shall be credited to the escheat fund of the state of Missouri.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 117, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1511)
Transferred 2004; formerly 456.650
