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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 473.691

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • 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

Any person, firm or corporation upon whom no demand has been made by a personal representative or other person authorized by this state to collect a nonresident decedent‘s personal property may, at any time sixty days or more after his death, transfer, pay or deliver personal property of the nonresident decedent to the foreign personal representative or, if none, to such other person as may be entitled thereto, under the laws of said foreign state, and shall not be liable for the debts of or claims against the nonresident decedent or his estate by reason of having made the transfer, payment or delivery.