A foreign personal representative submits himself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state by:

(1) Filing authenticated copies of his appointment as provided in section 473.676;

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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 473.685

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property under section 473.691; or

(3) Doing any act as a personal representative in this state which would have given the state jurisdiction over him as an individual.

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Jurisdiction under subdivision (2) is limited to the money or value of personal property collected.