Estate Settlement Cost

Missouri source record

Every source behind the Missouri guide

3 statutes, quoted verbatim and checked against 17 named conditions that must appear in the live government text. Open the record, read the words the legislature actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch August 8, 2026

What each source establishes

The Missouri guide rests on three rules: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, and how the person administering the estate may be paid. Each is quoted below in the statute’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.097

Missouri Revisor of Statutes · Effective 28 Aug 2002 · Verified August 7, 2026

(1) The value of the entire estate, less liens, debt, and encumbrances, does not exceed forty thousand dollars; (2) Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.threshold = 40000
  • smallEstate.waitingDays = 30
  • smallEstate.valueBasis = net-of-liens
  • eligibilitySummary mentions the $15,000 creditor-notice line

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • 30-day wait
  • $40,000 net ceiling
  • value measured less liens, debt, and encumbrances
  • bond requirement
  • fee cross-reference to 483.580
  • creditor-notice publication cost

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Court cost rule

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.012(16)

Missouri Revisor of Statutes · Effective 28 Aug 2014 · Verified August 7, 2026

(16) When letters are applied for in probate proceedings, pursuant to section 483.580 , when the value of the estate is: (a) Less than $10,000 $ 75.00 (b) From $10,000 to $25,000 115.00 (c) From $25,000 to $50,000 155.00 (d) From $50,000 to $100,000 245.00 (e) From $100,000 to $500,000 305.00 (f) More than $500,000 365.00

What was published from this source

  • filingFee bands = 75 / 115 / 155 / 245 / 305 / 365 by estate value
  • caveat: these amounts apply prior to adjustment by the supreme court

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • letters-applied-for schedule with all six bands
  • schedule applies prior to supreme court adjustment
  • supreme court sets the operative amounts

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Executor compensation rule

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.153.1

Missouri Revisor of Statutes · Effective 28 Aug 1989 · Verified August 7, 2026

On the first $ 5,000, 5 percent; On the next 20,000, 4 percent; On the next 75,000, 3 percent; On the next 300,000, 2 3/4 percent; On the next 600,000, 2 1/2 percent; On all over 1,000,000, 2 percent.

What was published from this source

  • executorCompensation.tiers = 5%/4%/3%/2.75%/2.5%/2% across $5k/$25k/$100k/$400k/$1M bands

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • 5 percent on first $5,000
  • 4 percent on next $20,000
  • 3 percent on next $75,000
  • 2 3/4 percent on next $300,000
  • 2 1/2 percent on next $600,000
  • 2 percent above $1,000,000
  • schedule is a statutory minimum
  • basis is personal property plus realty sale proceeds

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What Missouri courts publish

The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.

No Missouri court document is linked here. The notes below state why, rather than leaving the absence unexplained.

Limits on court material

  • Missouri publishes no statewide small-estate affidavit form. The probate division of the circuit court in the county of residence supplies the affidavit and states its local requirements.
  • The Missouri Courts self-help probate page did not respond when this record was reviewed, so no link is published rather than publishing one that may not resolve.

How to check this yourself

  1. Open the citation link. It goes to the publishing government body, not to a summary.
  2. Search the page for the quoted sentence. It is reproduced here exactly, so a text search should land on it.
  3. Compare the figures. If the statute has changed since the verification date above, the statute governs and this page is wrong.
  4. Report the difference. Naming the citation and the language you see maps onto a specific condition in the list above, which makes the correction verifiable.

Scope of these records

These sources cover the cost and route questions this site answers. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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