When a public administrator takes over managing someone's estate on their own (not because a court told them to), they have to file a notice with the court clerk right away. If they don't file that notice, they can be fined up to $200, which gets paid to the people who are supposed to inherit the estate. The court can also remove that administrator from their job.
473.753. Notice of , when and how given — for failure. — It shall be the duty of every immediately upon taking charge of any , except those of which he shall have taken charge under the of the court, for the purpose of administering the same, to file a notice of the fact in the office of the . If any public administrator shall fail to file the notice provided for in this section, he shall and pay to the persons entitled to the estate a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be recovered before said court, on , and after reasonable notice thereof to said public administrator; and said court may, , remove such public administrator from office.
(RSMo 1939 § 302, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 302; 1919 § 299; 1909 § 305
Effective 1-02-79
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