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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.100 (2026)

Bond of conservator of estate of minor or disabled person

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  475.100.  Bond of conservator of estate of minor or disabled person. — Every conservator of the estate of a minor or disabled person, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute and file a bond, approved by the court, procured at the expense of the estate with sufficient surety in an amount fixed by the court.  Sections 473.157 to 473.217, relating to the bonds of personal representatives, except subsection 1 of section 473.157 and subsection 1 of section 473.160, are applicable to the bonds of conservators.

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(RSMo 1939 §§ 456, 457, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 302, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)

Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 457, 458; 1919 §§ 453, 454; 1909 §§ 483, 484

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1965–1998 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Emmons v. Hollenbeck, 394 S.W.2d 82 (Mo. Ct. App. 1965).
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State Ex Rel. Emmons v. Hollenbeck, 394 S.W.2d 82 (Mo. Ct. App. 1965). · cites it 2× “090], and upon the filing and approval of a bond [Section 475.100] issued letters of guardianship to Ermil on the same date.”
Werner v. Wright, 737 S.W.2d 761 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “Section 475.100 specifically makes the statutory provisions relating to the bonds of personal representatives, with certain exceptions not pertinent here, applicable to the bonds of conservators.”
State Ex Rel. Paden v. Carrel, 597 S.W.2d 167 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “210, RSMo 1978, provides: “The succeeding administrator, or remaining executor or administrator, may proceed in any court having jurisdiction in civil actions against an executor or administrator and his sureties, or either of them or against any other person possessed of any…”
Cope v. W. Sur. Co., 791 S.W.2d 844 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “Since a conservator’s bond is conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the conservator’s duties according to law, and since receipt of the proceeds of the sale of the real estate for which no accounting is rendered is a breach of his bond, the appellant, bonding company, is…”
Est. of Sample v. Travelers Indem. Co., 534 S.W.2d 618 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “Travelers Indemnity Company, supra, 492 S.W .2d at 830. This section and other sections relating to surety bonds of executors and administrators are made applicable to the bonds of guardians by § 475.”
Est. of Kauppi v. Bridges, 462 S.W.2d 694 (Mo. 1971). · cites it 2× “” RSMo 1969, § 475.100, V.A.M.S. p. 92. Armstrong has not done the “things” required by law, he has not obeyed the decree of the probate court and thus he has never filed the settlement required by the court’s order and he has not been discharged as guardian.”
Ayers v. Tracy, 984 S.W.2d 193 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “Section 475.100 provides, in part: Every conservator of the estate of a minor .”
State ex rel. Musser v. Dahms, 458 S.W.2d 865 (Mo. Ct. App. 1970). “After hearing, the probate court denied the application to remove the guardian on the basis that “the said applicant has failed to plead and prove any grounds for the removal of said guardian within the purview of Sections 475.100 and 473.140, R.S.Mo., 1959 [V.”
Scott ex rel. Scott v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 947 S.W.2d 530 (Mo. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Section 475.100 provides that "[sjections 473.”
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