When someone is a protectee (a person the court is protecting because they can't manage their own affairs), selling their real estate follows the same steps as selling a deceased person's real estate to pay debts. Before a court hearing about selling the protectee's real estate or physical belongings, the protectee must get at least 10 days' warning, unless the court decides to skip that. The protectee does not get that warning for sales of things like bank accounts or stocks.
475.230. Sales of , how made — notice required. — 1. Sales of real estate of s shall be conducted in the same manner and the same proceedings shall be had with reference as in cases of sale of real estate of decedents for payment of .
2. Unless by the court , the protectee shall have ten days' prior notice of a required court on the for the sale of the protectee's real or . The protectee is not entitled to notice of a hearing on the petition for the sale of the protectee's .
(RSMo 1939 § 405, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 327, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 405; 1919 § 401; 1909 § 431
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Related Missouri laws
Order of sale, contents
RSMo 475.235
Report and approval of sale
RSMo 475.240
Deeds by conservator or successor, acknowledgment, evidentiary effect
RSMo 475.245
Payment of claims according to priority
RSMo 475.213
Claims against minors or protectees, classification
RSMo 475.211
Effect of conveyance
RSMo 475.250
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