Title XXXI TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY Chapter 473 • Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories 473.397. Classification of claims and statutory allowances. — 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) Debts for medical assistance owed to the state of Missouri under section 473.398; (7) 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; (8) Debts and taxes due the state of Missouri, any county, or any political subdivision of the state of Missouri; (9) Judgments rendered against the decedent in his lifetime and judgments rendered upon attachments levied upon property of decedent during his lifetime; (10) 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, A.L. 2018 S.B. during his lifetime; (10) 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, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806) Prior revisions: 1929 § 182; 1919 § 181; 1909 § 190 CROSS REFERENCE: State claims paramount--personal liability on failure to pay, 430.330 to 430.350
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