If a court decides there is not enough money in a dead person's estate to pay for certain property, the court can order the person in charge of the estate to sell whatever ownership rights the dead person had in that property, including any right they had to buy it.
473.320. Interest may be sold, when. — If the court believes that, after payment of , there not be sufficient to pay for the referred to in section 473.317, it may the or to sell all the of the therein, including all right of the decedent to any the real or personal property.
(RSMo 1939 § 134, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 122)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 135; 1919 § 134; 1909 § 143
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Completion of contracts to purchase property
RSMo 473.317
Interest relinquished to vendor, when
RSMo 473.323
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RSMo 473.313
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RSMo 473.327
Specific execution of contract of decedent, court order
RSMo 473.310
Conveyances, how made
RSMo 473.330
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