473.017. Application for letters--content.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

473.017. Application for letters--content.

Application for letters--content.

473.017. 1. An application for letters testamentary or ofadministration shall state all of the following:

(1) The name, age, sex, domicile, last residence address andthe fact and date of death of the decedent;

(2) The names, relationship to decedent, and residenceaddresses of the surviving spouse, heirs, devisees and legateesof the decedent, if any, and their birth dates, if minors; thenames and addresses of the conservators of any minor or disabledheirs, legatees or spouse of the decedent, if known; and ifapplicant has reason to believe that there are any heirs ordevisees who are mentally incapacitated or that there are otherheirs or devisees but their names and addresses are unknown tohim, he shall so state;

(3) The probable value of the real and personal property;

(4) If decedent had no domicile in this state, the locationand the probable value of any land owned by him in this state atthe time of his death, if any, and the probable value of thepersonal property within the state, so far as is known, which maybe subject to administration in this state;

(5) If the decedent died testate and the will has not beendelivered to the court, the contents of the will, either byattaching a copy of it to the petition, or, if the will is lost,destroyed or suppressed, by including a statement of theprovisions of the will so far as known;

(6) The names and residence addresses of the persons, ifany, named as executors;

(7) Where letters of administration on the estate of anintestate are sought, the name and residence address of theperson for whom letters are prayed, and his relationship to thedecedent or other facts, if any, which entitle such person toappointment;

(8) The name and address of the attorney for the applicant;

(9) That if letters are issued, the applicant will make aperfect inventory of the estate, pay the debts and legacies, ifany, as far as the assets extend and the law directs, and accountfor and distribute or pay all assets which come into thepossession of the personal representative, and perform all thingsrequired by law touching the administration of the estate;

(10) Whether the application is for supervised orindependent administration.

2. After letters have been granted on an estate, thepersonal representative or other interested person, if theinformation contained in the application required by subsection 1is not complete or is no longer correct, shall communicate inwriting promptly to the clerk such facts known to him as arenecessary to complete or correct the same.