If the person in charge of a dead person's estate (called an executor or administrator) does not pay a debt they were ordered to pay, the court clerk can issue a legal order to take that person's own property or real estate to cover the amount owed.
473.573. may have , when. — If an or fails to pay any ed to be paid, in accordance with an order under section 473.570 when ed, the , on of the creditor, and being satisfied that the demand has been made, shall execution for the amount ordered to be paid, and , against the property, and of the executor or administrator.
(RSMo 1939 § 226, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 203)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 227; 1919 § 226; 1909 § 235
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