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MO Rev Stat § 473.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.460 - Purposes for which property may be sold, mortgaged, leased or exchanged.

Effective - 01 Jan 1981   473.460. Purposes for which property may be sold, mortgaged, leased or exchanged. — 1. Real or personal property belonging to an estate may be sold, mortgaged, leased or exchanged under court order for any of the following purposes:  (1) For the payment of claims allowable against the estate;  (2) For the payment of any allowance made to the surviving spouse and minor children of a decedent;  (3) For the payment of any legacy given by the will of the decedent;  (4) For the payment of expenses of administration including court costs;  (5) For the payment of any gift, estate, inheritance or transfer taxes assessed upon the transfer of the estate or due from the decedent or his estate;  (6) For any other purpose in the best interests of the estate; or if it would be burdensome to the heirs or devisees to distribute the personal property or the real estate in kind.  2. Real and personal property may be sold or mortgaged under order of the court when necessary for the purpose of making distribution of the estate or any part thereof.  3. Personal property of the estate shall be exhausted before real estate is ordered sold for the payment of the obligations of the estate unless the court otherwise orders. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 169, A.L. 1957 p. 829, A.L. 1965 p. 636, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637)  Effective 1-1-81  CROSS REFERENCES:  Conveyances to urban redevelopment corporation, when, 353.120  Homestead allowance, property not to be sold, when, 474.290  (1963) Subdivision (6) does not apply to situations of concern only to heirs and therefore neither the fact that it is desirable to sell the land because it cannot be satisfactorily partitioned in kind nor the fact that the real estate would bring a better price at a private sale by an administrator could make "necessary" the sale of real estate under subdivision (6). McIntosh v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. (Mo.), 336 S.W.2d 409. (1974) Held that failure to allege facts in support of statutory grounds for sale of property does not deprive probate court of jurisdiction. Coons v. Stokes (A.), 514 S.W.2d 33.
MO Rev Stat § 473.463 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.463 - No known heirs, property to be sold.

Effective - 01 Jan 1981   473.463. No known heirs, property to be sold. — When there are no known heirs or legal representatives of heirs, the personal representative shall sell all the real and personal estate of the decedent as to which he died intestate six months after administration is granted, unless the court otherwise orders. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 115, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 170, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 116; 1919 § 115; 1909 § 125  Effective 1-01-81
MO Rev Stat § 473.467 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.467 - Reservation of property under direction of will — specific devises reserved.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.467. Reservation of property under direction of will — specific devises reserved. — 1. If any testator directs that his estate or any specific part or parts thereof be not sold, the same shall be reserved unless such sale is necessary for the payment of claims or allowances to surviving spouse or minor children.  2. Specific devises shall not be sold in any case unless necessary in accordance with section 473.620. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 112, 114, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 171)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 113, 115; 1919 §§ 112, 114; 1909 §§ 122, 124
MO Rev Stat § 473.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.470 - Heirs may give bond and prevent sale.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.470. Heirs may give bond and prevent sale. — An order prohibiting the sale of property for the payment of obligations of the estate may be granted if any of the persons interested in the estate executes and files in the court a bond in such sum and with such sureties as the court approves, conditioned to pay all obligations of the estate to the extent that the other property of the estate is insufficient therefor, within such time as the court directs. An action may be maintained on such bond by the executor or administrator. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 172)
MO Rev Stat § 473.473 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.473 - Terms of sale.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   473.473. Terms of sale. — In all sales of real or personal property the court may authorize credit to be given by the executor or administrator for the payment of such portion of the purchase price and for such periods of time, upon such rates of interest, with such security, and upon such other conditions as the court finds to be in the interests of the estate. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 173, A.L. 1957 p. 829)
MO Rev Stat § 473.477 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.477 - Executor or administrator not to purchase, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.477. Executor or administrator not to purchase, exception. — No executor or administrator shall purchase any property belonging to the estate which is sold either at public or private sale, unless written consent thereto is filed by the distributees. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 161, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 174)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 162; 1919 § 161; 1909 § 170
MO Rev Stat § 473.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.480 - Validity of proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.480. Validity of proceedings. — No proceedings for sale, mortgage, lease, exchange or conveyance by an executor or administrator of property belonging to the estate shall be subject to collateral attack on account of any irregularity in the proceedings if the court which ordered the same had jurisdiction of the estate. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 175)
MO Rev Stat § 473.483 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.483 - Sales of perishable property.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.483. Sales of perishable property. — Every executor or administrator may sell at private or public sale all goods and chattels of the decedent that are liable to perish, be consumed or rendered worse by the keeping upon obtaining order of the court so to do. Approval of the court of a sale without prior order validates the sale. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 111, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 176)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 112; 1919 § 111; 1909 § 121
MO Rev Stat § 473.487 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.487 - Sale, mortgage or lease of personal property.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   473.487. Sale, mortgage or lease of personal property. — An executor or administrator may file a petition to sell, mortgage or lease any personal property belonging to the estate. The petition shall set forth the reasons for the application and describe the property involved. The petition may be heard with or without notice as the court directs. Notice of the hearing, if required, shall state briefly the nature of the application and shall be given as provided in section 472.100. The court may order the sale, mortgage or lease of the property described or any part thereof, on the most advantageous terms obtainable. No report or confirmation of the transaction is necessary unless required by the court; but no privately negotiated sale, mortgage or lease made under this section is valid unless prior authorization or subsequent approval of the court is secured. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 177, A.L. 1957 p. 829)
MO Rev Stat § 473.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.490 - Sale of real estate on court's motion, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   473.490. Sale of real estate on court's motion, when. — 1. If, upon any settlement of the executor or administrator, it appears that the personal property of an estate is not sufficient for the payment of claims, legacies or allowances to the surviving spouse or unmarried minor children, the court may require a hearing to determine if real property of the estate should be sold, mortgaged or leased for that purpose.  2. Notice of the hearing, stating the time and nature thereof, shall be given by the clerk in the manner and to the persons as provided in subsection 2 of section 473.493.  3. Upon hearing the matter, and upon the adduction of satisfactory proof, the court may order the sale, mortgage or lease of such real property of the estate as the circumstances may require, and the same proceedings under this law shall thereafter be had in relation to the sale, mortgage or lease as if the same had been instituted on petition of the executor or administrator, or a creditor or other interested person. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 165, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 178, A.L. 1957 p. 829)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 166; 1919 § 165; 1909 § 174
MO Rev Stat § 473.493 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.493 - Petition to sell, mortgage or lease real estate — notice — order.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   473.493. Petition to sell, mortgage or lease real estate — notice — order. — 1. An executor or administrator may file a petition to sell, mortgage or lease any real property belonging to the estate. The petition shall set forth the reason for the application and describe the property involved. It may apply for different authority as to separate parts of the property; or it may apply in the alternative for authority to sell, mortgage or lease. If the property is bound by the lien of a judgment or attachment, that fact shall be stated in the petition together with detailed information as to the date, amount and holder of the lien. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall fix the time and place for the hearing thereof.  2. Notice of the hearing shall state briefly the nature of the application and shall be given to heirs and devisees whose names and addresses appear in the files or records of the case in the probate division of the circuit court and who are interested persons and to such other persons as the court directs. The notice shall be given by ordinary mail or by publication or both as ordered by the court. Publication, if any, shall be at least once each week for four consecutive weeks in accordance with section 472.100. Where service by publication is ordered, the hearing shall be held at the time specified in the notice which shall not be before the thirtieth day or later than the forty-second day after the date of the first insertion of the publication and, in other cases, the hearing shall be had at the time specified in the notice. For good cause shown on the date specified, or on a date to which the hearing is duly continued, the court may continue the hearing to a later date without further notice.  3. At the hearing and upon satisfactory proofs, the court may order the sale, mortgage or lease of the property described or any part thereof. When a claim secured by a mortgage on real property, under the provisions of this law, is payable at the time of distribution of the estate or prior thereto, the court with the consent of the mortgagee may, nevertheless, order the sale of the real property subject to the mortgage, but such consent releases the estate should a deficiency later appear. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 179, A.L. 1957 p. 829)
MO Rev Stat § 473.497 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.497 - Creditor or other person may file petition, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.497. Creditor or other person may file petition, when. — If the executor or administrator does not make such application, a creditor or other person interested in the estate may file a like petition, giving twenty days' notice to the executor or administrator. On the filing of the petition the court may order the executor or administrator to furnish such information and records as the court deems necessary. On the petition the court shall proceed in the same manner as provided in section 473.493. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 145, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 180)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 146; 1919 § 145; 1909 § 154
MO Rev Stat § 473.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.500 - Order for sale, mortgage or lease of property, content — duration — reappraisal, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 1981   473.500. Order for sale, mortgage or lease of property, content — duration — reappraisal, when. — The order shall describe the property to be sold, mortgaged or leased and may designate the sequence in which the several parcels shall be sold, mortgaged or leased. An order for sale shall direct whether the property shall be sold at private sale or public auction. If real property is to be sold at private sale it shall direct that the same shall not be sold for less than three-fourths of the appraised value; or if real property is to be leased, it shall direct that the same shall not be leased for less than the appraised rental value. If real property is to be mortgaged, it shall fix the maximum amount of principal, the maximum rate of interest, the earliest and latest date of maturity, and shall direct the purpose for which the proceeds shall be used. An order for sale, mortgage or lease shall remain in force until terminated by the court. The court may, if it finds that there is probable cause to believe that the value of the property has changed, order a reappraisal thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 181, A.L. 1959 S.B. 141, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637)  Effective 1-01-81
MO Rev Stat § 473.507 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.507 - Notice of public sale of real estate.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.507. Notice of public sale of real estate. — In all public sales of real estate made under this law, the executor or administrator shall cause a notice containing a particular description of the real estate to be sold and the street address or approximate direction and distance from any city or town, and popular name thereof, if any, stating the time, place and terms of sale, to be published once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the sale in some newspaper. The name of the estate shall be printed in capital letters in the notice. The notice shall be published in accordance with section 472.100 except that the newspaper in which publication is made must be published in the county in which the land is situated, or if there is none, in an adjoining county. Omission of or error in the street address or approximate direction or distance from any city or town or popular name, or any of them, shall not affect the validity of the notice. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 159, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 183)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 160; 1919 § 159; 1909 § 168
MO Rev Stat § 473.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.510 - Public sale of real estate, where made, adjournment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.510. Public sale of real estate, where made, adjournment. — 1. All public sales of real estate, made by order of the court, shall be made at the courthouse door of the county in which the real estate is situated, or at such other place in the county as may be fixed by the court order, at the time specified in the notice, and shall be conducted openly by auction.  2. The executor or administrator may adjourn the sale from time to time, but not for longer than three months in all. Every adjournment shall be announced publicly at the time and place fixed for the sale. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 160, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 184)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 161; 1919 § 160; 1909 § 169
MO Rev Stat § 473.513 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.513 - Report of sale — objections — approval.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.513. Report of sale — objections — approval. — 1. Within ten days after making a sale, mortgage or lease of real estate, the executor or administrator shall make a full report of his proceedings, with the certificate of appraisement if a new appraisement is required by the court, and a copy of the advertisement, if a public sale, which report shall be verified by affidavit that he did not, directly or indirectly, purchase the real estate or any part thereof, or any interest therein, and that he is not interested in the property sold except as stated in the report. If the written consent of distributees to the purchase by the executor or administrator is filed as provided by section 473.477 the affidavit is not required. The report of sale shall remain on file ten days before being acted upon by the court.  2. A person interested in the estate desiring to object to confirmation may file objections in writing, setting forth the reasons therefor.  3. The court shall examine the report and if satisfied that the sale, mortgage or lease has been at the price and terms most advantageous to the estate and in all respects made in conformity with law and ought to be confirmed, shall approve the same and order the executor or administrator to make a deed, mortgage, lease or other proper instruments to the person entitled thereto. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 162, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 185)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 163; 1919 § 162; 1909 § 171
MO Rev Stat § 473.517 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.517 - New sale ordered, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.517. New sale ordered, when. — If the report and proceedings of the executor or administrator are not approved by the court, his proceedings shall be void. When from any cause no sale, mortgage or lease is made, the court with or without further notice to heirs or devisees, may order a new sale, mortgage or lease upon which the same proceedings shall be had as upon the original order or, unless the original order is terminated as provided in section 473.500, further proceedings may be had on the original order itself. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 163, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 186)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 164; 1919 § 163; 1909 § 172
MO Rev Stat § 473.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.520 - Conveyance executed, contents — effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.520. Conveyance executed, contents — effect. — 1. Upon approval of a sale, mortgage or lease in accordance with section 473.513, the executor or administrator shall execute, acknowledge and deliver a conveyance to the grantee or mortgagee or a lease to the lessee according to the order of approval.  2. In case of a sale or mortgage, the conveyance shall refer in apt and appropriate terms to the order of sale or mortgage and the court by which it was made, the certificate of appraisement, the advertisement, the time and place of sale, the report of the proceedings and order of approval thereof by the court, and the consideration and conveying or mortgaging to the grantee or mortgagee all the right, title and interest which the decedent had in the same.  3. In case of a lease, the lease shall contain like information and shall grant to the lessee possession and use of all the right, title and interest which decedent had in the demised premises.  4. Such deed, mortgage or lease shall convey to the grantee, or mortgagee, or lessee all the right, title and interest which the decedent had in such real estate at the time of his death, in accordance with its terms, and be evidence of the facts therein recited. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 164, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 187)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 165; 1919 § 164; 1909 § 173
MO Rev Stat § 473.523 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.523 - Execution of conveyance or lease where personal representative resigns, dies or has letter revoked.

Effective - 01 Jan 1981   473.523. Execution of conveyance or lease where personal representative resigns, dies or has letter revoked. — When a personal representative resigns or dies, or his letters are revoked after the sale, exchange, mortgage or lease of real estate, and before executing a conveyance or lease therefor, the purchaser, mortgagee, or lessee, his heirs, assigns or grantees may petition the court, stating the facts. If he satisfies the court that the purchase money was paid, the court shall order the personal representative then acting, or, if after final settlement, the sheriff of the county to execute and acknowledge to the purchaser, mortgagee or lessee, his heirs, assigns or grantees an appropriate conveyance or lease, referring to the petition and order of court, with such other recitals as provided by section 473.520. Such conveyance or lease shall be executed accordingly and has the same effect to all intents and purposes as if made by the personal representative who made the sale, exchange, mortgage or lease of the real estate. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 166, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 188, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 167; 1919 § 166; 1909 § 175  Effective 1-01-81
MO Rev Stat § 473.527 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates|Section 473.527 - Taxes not liens in hands of transferee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   473.527. Taxes not liens in hands of transferee. — The lien of the state for estate taxes shall not extend to any interest acquired by a purchaser, mortgagee, or lessee through any transfer made by an executor or administrator under a power contained in a will or under order of the court. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 189)