When a public administrator's time in office ends, they have to wrap up or hand off all the estates they were managing. In some counties, they get up to a year after their replacement takes over to finish up final paperwork, and anything that can't be finished must be handed to the new administrator within 60 days after that. In counties where the public administrator gets a salary, they have to hand everything over before they leave office.
473.767. , duties after expiration of term — duties prior to expiration of term, certain counties. — 1. In counties operating under , the public administrator shall before the first court day after the expiration of one year after their in office has qualified, file a as required by section 473.540 for all s in their charge as public administrator in which final settlement can be made. On the first court day after the expiration of one year after the of a successor to the public administrator, the judge of the , upon the judge's own , shall the public administrator to and all money, property, or papers belonging to all estates in his or her hands in which final settlement cannot be made, to the successor in office, or to the of any estate, or to any or regularly appointed, and such and shall be accomplished during the sixty days next thereafter.
2. In counties where the public administrator is paid a salary, the public administrator shall deliver property and make necessary filings as required in this section prior to leaving his or her term of office.
3. the of 1 of this section, the former public administrator or their , upon approval and order of the judge of the having over the estates in which the former public administrator has been appointed , or , shall turn over the of the estates to the successor public administrator. A copy of the annual account of each estate in part covering the term of the former public administrator shall be filed with the probate division by the successor public administrator and the successor public administrator shall be charged with the shown thereby.
(RSMo 1939 § 301, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 232, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1981 S.B. 423, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 181, A.L. 1990 S.B. 596, A.L. 1992 S.B. 817, A.L. 1993 S.B. 88, A.L. 1998 S.B. 764, A.L. 2000 S.B. 542)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 301; 1919 § 298; 1909 § 304
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