If a person in charge of a deceased person's estate does not put up the required financial guarantee by the deadline the court sets, the court takes away their permission to handle the estate.
473.200. on failure to give . — If an or fails to give a bond as required by the court, within the time by the court, his letters shall be revoked.
(RSMo 1939 §§ 31, 32, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 87)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 31, 32; 1919 §§ 30, 31; 1909 §§ 38, 39
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