Section 473.397 - Classification of claims and statutory allowancesAll claims and statutory allowances against the estate of a decedent shall be divided into the following classes:
(2) Expenses of administration;(3) Exempt property, family and homestead allowances;(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. 806
Amended by 2018 Mo. Laws, SB 806,s A, eff. 8/28/2018.Prior revisions: 1929 § 182; 1919 § 181; 1909 § 190
Effective 1/1/1981