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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 473.497

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes administrator where the subject matter applies to an administrator. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

If the executor or administrator does not make such application, a creditor or other person interested in the estate may file a like petition, giving twenty days’ notice to the executor or administrator. On the filing of the petition the court may order the executor or administrator to furnish such information and records as the court deems necessary. On the petition the court shall proceed in the same manner as provided in section 473.493.