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MO Rev Stat § 459.045 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 459 - Declarations, Life Support|Section 459.045 - Unprofessional conduct by physician, when — inheritance rights forfeited, when — destroying or forging declaration — penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   459.045. Unprofessional conduct by physician, when — inheritance rights forfeited, when — destroying or forging declaration — penalties. — 1. It shall constitute unprofessional conduct if a physician or other licensed health care professional or facility with actual knowledge of a declaration acts, when the declarant is in a terminal condition and unable to make treatment decisions, contrary to the expressed intention of the declarant, as stated in his declaration, without serious reason therefor consistent with the best interest of the declarant.  2. Any person with actual knowledge of a declaration who acts, when the declarant is in a terminal condition and unable to make treatment decisions, contrary to the expressed intention of the patient as stated in his declaration, without serious reason therefor consistent with the best interests of the patient, shall lose such rights of inheritance to the extent such loss is provided for by the patient's last will and testament.  3. Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates or destroys the declaration of another without such declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  4. Any person who falsifies or forges the declaration of another, or who willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of the revocation of a declaration, with the purpose of causing withholding or withdrawal of medical procedures contrary to the wishes of the declarant, and thereby, because of such act, directly causes medical procedures to be withheld or withdrawn, causing death or causing death to be hastened, shall be guilty of a class B felony. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 51 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 459.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 459 - Declarations, Life Support|Section 459.050 - Life insurance, declaration not to affect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985, 2 histories   459.050. Life insurance, declaration not to affect. — 1. The making of a declaration pursuant to sections 459.010 to 459.055 shall not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. No policy of life insurance shall be legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of death-prolonging procedures from an insured declarant, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.  2. No person, corporation or governmental agency shall require or induce any person to execute a declaration as a condition for a contract or for the provision of any service or benefit whatsoever. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 51 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 459.055 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 459 - Declarations, Life Support|Section 459.055 - Purposes of declaration.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   459.055. Purposes of declaration. — Sections 459.010 to 459.055 shall be interpreted consistent with the following:  (1) Each person has the primary right to request or refuse medical treatment subject to the state's interest in protecting innocent third parties, preventing homicide and suicide and preserving good ethical standards in the medical profession.  (2) Nothing in sections 459.010 to 459.055 shall be interpreted to increase or decrease the right of a patient to make decisions regarding use of medical procedures so long as the patient is able to do so, nor to impair or supersede any right or responsibility that any person has to effect the withholding or withdrawal of medical care in any lawful manner. In that respect, the provisions of sections 459.010 to 459.055 are cumulative.  (3) Sections 459.010 to 459.055 shall create no presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not executed a declaration to consent to the use or withholding of medical procedures.  (4) Communication regarding treatment decisions among patients, the families and physicians is encouraged.  (5) Sections 459.010 to 459.055 do not condone, authorize or approve mercy killing or euthanasia nor permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to shorten or end life. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 51 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 461.001 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.001 - Transfers on death, certain provisions deemed nontestamentary, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.001. Transfers on death, certain provisions deemed nontestamentary, exceptions. — Any of the following provisions in an insurance policy, contract of employment, bond, mortgage, promissory note, stock certificate, account agreement, custodial agreement, deposit agreement, compensation plan, pension plan, individual retirement plan, employee benefit plan, trust agreement, declaration of trust, conveyance or any other written instrument effective as a contract, gift, conveyance, or trust or to evidence ownership of property is deemed to be nontestamentary, and exempt from the requirements of section 473.087 and section 474.320:  (1) That money or other benefits theretofore due to, controlled or owned by a decedent shall be paid after the decedent's death to a person or persons designated by the decedent in either the instrument or a separate writing, including a will, executed at the same time as the instrument or subsequently;  (2) That any money due or to become due under the instrument shall cease to be payable in event of the death of the promisee or the promisor before payment or demand;  (3) That any property which is the subject of the instrument shall pass on decedent's death to a person or persons designated by the decedent in either the instrument or a separate writing, including a will, executed at the same time as the instrument or subsequently;  (4) Except to the extent specifically excluded thereunder, sections 461.003 to 461.081 apply to transfers under this section. ­­-------- (L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.003 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.003 - Law, how cited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   461.003. Law, how cited. — Sections 461.003 to 461.081 may be cited as the "Nonprobate Transfers Law of Missouri". ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 17)
MO Rev Stat § 461.009 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.009 - Nonprobate transfers not subject to requirements of a will — effect with or without consideration.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.009. Nonprobate transfers not subject to requirements of a will — effect with or without consideration. — Nonprobate transfers are effective with or without consideration, and are not to be considered testamentary or subject to section 473.087, (dealing with the requirement to probate a will), and section 474.320, (dealing with will form, execution and attestation). ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 19, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.011 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.011 - Transferring entity acting as agent for owner subject to nontransfer law, agency does not end with death of owner, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.011. Transferring entity acting as agent for owner subject to nontransfer law, agency does not end with death of owner, duties. — For the purpose of discharging its duties under the nonprobate transfers law, the authority of a transferring entity acting as agent for an owner of property subject to a nonprobate transfer shall not cease at death of the owner. The transferring entity shall transfer the property to the designated beneficiary in accordance with the governing instrument, the rules of the transferring entity and sections 461.003 to 461.081. ­­-------- (L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.012 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.012 - Nonprobate transfers subject to agreement of transferring entity, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.012. Nonprobate transfers subject to agreement of transferring entity, when. — 1. When any of the following is required, provision for a nonprobate transfer is a matter of agreement between the owner and the transferring entity, under such rules, terms and conditions as the owner and transferring entity may agree:  (1) Submission to the transferring entity of a beneficiary designation under a governing instrument;  (2) Registration by a transferring entity of a transfer on death direction on any certificate or record evidencing ownership of property;  (3) The consent of a contract obligor for a transfer of performance due under the contract;  (4) The consent of a financial institution for a transfer of an obligation of the financial institution; or  (5) The consent of a transferring entity for a transfer of an interest in the transferring entity.  2. Whenever subsection 1 of this section is applicable, sections 461.003 to 461.081 do not impose an obligation on a transferring entity to accept an owner's request to make provision for a nonprobate transfer of property.  3. When a beneficiary designation, revocation or change is subject to acceptance by a transferring entity, the transferring entity's acceptance of the beneficiary designation, revocation or change relates back to and is effective as of the time when the request was received by the transferring entity. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 20, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.014 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.014 - Transferring entity, obligation resulting from acceptance and registration.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.014. Transferring entity, obligation resulting from acceptance and registration. — When a transferring entity accepts a beneficiary designation or beneficiary assignment, or registers property in beneficiary form, the acceptance or registration constitutes the agreement of the owner and transferring entity that, unless the beneficiary designation is revoked or changed prior to the owner's death, on proof of death of the owner and compliance with the transferring entity's requirements for showing proof of entitlement, the property will be transferred to and placed in the name and control of the beneficiary in accordance with the beneficiary designation or transfer on death direction, the agreement of the parties and sections 461.003 to 461.081. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 21, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.021 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.021 - Beneficiary designation under written instrument or law, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.021. Beneficiary designation under written instrument or law, effect. — A beneficiary designation, under a written instrument or law, that authorizes a transfer of property pursuant to a written designation of beneficiary, transfers the right to receive the property to the designated beneficiary who survives, effective on death of the owner, if the beneficiary designation is executed and delivered in proper form to the transferring entity prior to the death of the owner. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 23, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.023 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.023 - Assignments effective on death of owner — delivery, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.023. Assignments effective on death of owner — delivery, effect. — 1. A written assignment of a contract right that assigns the right to receive any performance remaining due under the contract to an assignee designated by the owner, that expressly states that the assignment is not to take effect until the death of the owner, transfers the right to receive performance due under the contract to the designated assignee beneficiary, effective on death of the owner, if the assignment is executed and delivered in proper form to the contract obligor prior to the death of the owner or is executed in proper form and acknowledged before a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths. A beneficiary assignment need not be supported by consideration or be delivered to the assignee beneficiary.  2. This section does not preclude other methods of assignment that are permitted by law and that have the effect of postponing enjoyment of a contract right until the death of the owner. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 24, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.025 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.025 - Deeds effective on death of owner — recording, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.025. Deeds effective on death of owner — recording, effect. — 1. A deed that conveys an interest in real property to a grantee designated by the owner, that expressly states that the deed is not to take effect until the death of the owner, transfers the interest provided to the designated grantee beneficiary, effective on death of the owner, if the deed is executed and filed of record with the recorder of deeds in the city or county or counties in which the real property is situated prior to the death of the owner. A beneficiary deed need not be supported by consideration or be delivered to the grantee beneficiary. A beneficiary deed may be used to transfer an interest in real property to a trust estate, regardless of such trust's revocability.  2. This section does not preclude other methods of conveyancing that are permitted by law and that have the effect of postponing enjoyment of an interest in real property until the death of the owner. This section does not invalidate any deed, otherwise effective by law to convey title to the interest and estates therein provided, that is not recorded until after the death of the owner. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 25, A.L. 1994 S.B. 701, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.026 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.026 - Procedure to transfer tangible personal property to take effect on death of owner.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.026. Procedure to transfer tangible personal property to take effect on death of owner. — 1. A deed of gift, bill of sale or other writing intended to transfer an interest in tangible personal property, that expressly states that the transfer is not to take effect until the death of the owner, transfers ownership to the designated transferee beneficiary, effective on death of the owner, if the instrument is in other respects sufficient to transfer the type of property involved and is executed by the owner and acknowledged before a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths. A beneficiary transfer instrument need not be supported by consideration or be delivered to any transferee beneficiary.  2. This section does not preclude other methods of transferring ownership of tangible personal property that are permitted by law and that have the effect of postponing enjoyment of property until the death of the owner. ­­-------- (L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.027 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.027 - Transferor may directly transfer property to a transferee to hold as owner in beneficiary form — transferee shall be owner of property for all purposes — transfer effective, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.027. Transferor may directly transfer property to a transferee to hold as owner in beneficiary form — transferee shall be owner of property for all purposes — transfer effective, when. — 1. A transferor of property, with or without consideration, may directly transfer the property to a transferee to hold as owner in beneficiary form.  2. A transferee under an instrument described in subsection 1 of this section shall be the owner of the property for all purposes and shall have all the rights to the property otherwise provided by law to owners, including the right to revoke or change the beneficiary designation.  3. A direct transfer of property to a transferee to hold as owner in beneficiary form is effective when the writing perfecting the transfer becomes effective to make the transferee the owner. ­­-------- (L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.028 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.028 - Registration of property, including accounts and securities in beneficiary form, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.028. Registration of property, including accounts and securities in beneficiary form, effect. — 1. Property may be held or registered in beneficiary form by including in the name in which the property is held or registered a direction to transfer the property on death of the owner to a beneficiary designated by the owner.  2. Property is registered in beneficiary form by showing on the account record, security certificate or instrument evidencing ownership of the property the name of the owner, and the estate by which two or more joint owners hold the property, followed in substance by the words "transfer on death to ______ (name of beneficiary)". In lieu of the words "transfer on death to" the words "pay on death to" or the abbreviation "TOD" or "POD" may be used.  3. A transfer on death direction may only be placed on an account record, security certificate or instrument evidencing ownership of property by the transferring entity or a person authorized by the transferring entity.  4. A transfer on death direction transfers the owner's interest in the property to the designated beneficiary, effective on the owner's death, if the property is registered in beneficiary form prior to the death of the owner, or if the request to make the transfer on death direction is delivered in proper form to the transferring entity prior to the owner's death.  5. An account record, security certificate or instrument evidencing ownership of property that contains a transfer on death direction written as part of the name in which the property is held or registered, is conclusive evidence in the absence of fraud, duress, undue influence or evidence of clerical mistake by the transferring entity that the direction was regularly made by the owner and accepted by the transferring entity, and was not revoked or changed prior to the death giving rise to the transfer; and the transferring entity shall have no obligation to retain the original writing, if any, by which the owner caused the property to be registered in beneficiary form, more than six months after the transferring entity has mailed or delivered to the owner, at the address shown on the registration, an account statement, certificate or instrument that shows the manner in which the property is held or registered in beneficiary form. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 26, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.031 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.031 - Effect of beneficiary designation on ownership of property during lifetime and at death.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.031. Effect of beneficiary designation on ownership of property during lifetime and at death. — 1. Prior to the death of the owner, a beneficiary shall have no rights in the property by reason of the beneficiary designation and the signature or agreement of the beneficiary shall not be required for any transaction respecting the property.  2. On death of one of two or more joint owners, property with respect to which a beneficiary designation has been made belongs to the surviving joint owner or owners, and the right of survivorship continues as between two or more surviving joint owners.  3. On death of the owner, property passes by operation of law to the beneficiary.  4. If two or more beneficiaries survive, there is no right of survivorship among the beneficiaries in the event of death of a beneficiary thereafter unless the beneficiary designation expressly provides for survivorship among them, and, unless so expressly provided, surviving beneficiaries hold their separate interests in the property as tenants in common. The share of any subsequently deceased beneficiary belongs to that beneficiary's estate.  5. If no beneficiary survives the owner, the property belongs to the estate of the owner. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 27, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)
MO Rev Stat § 461.033 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law|Section 461.033 - Revocation or change of beneficiaries designation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   461.033. Revocation or change of beneficiaries designation. — 1. A beneficiary designation may be revoked or changed in whole or in part during the lifetime of the owner. A revocation or change of a beneficiary designation involving property of joint owners may only be made with the agreement of all owners then living.  2. A subsequent beneficiary designation revokes a prior beneficiary designation unless the subsequent beneficiary designation expressly provides otherwise.  3. A revocation or change in a beneficiary designation shall comply with the terms of the governing instrument, the rules of the transferring entity and the applicable law.  4. A beneficiary designation may not be revoked or changed by the provisions of a will unless the beneficiary designation expressly grants the owner the right to revoke or change a beneficiary designation by will.  5. A transfer during the owner's lifetime of the owner's interest in property, with or without consideration, terminates the beneficiary designation with respect to the property transferred.  6. The effective date of a revocation or change in a beneficiary designation shall be determined in the same manner as the effective date of a beneficiary designation. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 28, A.L. 1995 S.B. 116)