When someone is in charge of a deceased person's estate, a court can allow them to pay the normal and reasonable fees for auctioneers, brokers, and real estate agents when selling, mortgaging, leasing, or trading estate property. The court can also allow payment for other related costs like title insurance, surveys, and paperwork fees. These payments come from the money made on the property or from the estate itself.
473.530. Brokers', , and auctioneers' fees. — In connection with the sale, , or exchange of property, the court may authorize the or to pay, out of the realized therefrom or out of the , the customary and reasonable auctioneers', brokers' and sales fees or , and any necessary expenses for abstracting, , survey, revenue stamps and other necessary and expenses in connection therewith.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1955 p. 385 § 190, A.L. 1987 H.B. 356)
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