RSMo 474.190effective 28 Aug 1983

Form of election, filing

In plain English

When a surviving spouse wants to claim their legal share of a deceased spouse's property, they have to write it down, sign it, and have it officially notarized. Then that paper gets filed with the court clerk. A guardian or conservator can do this on the spouse's behalf if needed.

Word-for-word law

474.190. Form of , . — The election to take the share hereinbefore provided shall be in writing, signed and by the or by the or of his and shall be filed in the office of the . It may be in the following form:

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Source & history notes

(L. 1955 p. 385 § 255, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)

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