# Missouri — State small estate affidavit and simplified probate thresholds

For Missouri, personal property threshold is $40,000; real property threshold is included; waiting period (days) is 30; will restriction is with or without will; inflation adjustment is none, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Missouri _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Personal property threshold:** $40,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Real property threshold:** included _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Waiting period (days):** 30 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Will restriction:** with or without will _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Inflation adjustment:** none _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exclusions:** liens, debt, and encumbrances _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.097 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (1) The value of the entire estate, less liens, debt, and encumbrances, does not exceed forty thousand dollars;

## Source

- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.097

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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