Each head of a family may select and hold, exempt from execution, any other property, real, personal or mixed, or debts and wages, not exceeding in value the amount of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars plus three hundred fifty dollars for each of such person's unmarried dependent children under the age of twenty-one years or dependent as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration, except ten percent of any debt, income, salary or wages due such head of a family.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.440
Other property exempt — provisions — exceptions
Known as the Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act
The act spans §§ 513–513 (120 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case In Re Sanders (1987)
Most recently applied in Turpen v. Rouse (November 2012)
Effective: 28 Aug 2012, 2 histories; (RSMo 1939 § 1327, A.L. 1959 S.B. 238, A.L. 1982 S.B. 490, A.L. 2004 H.B. 959 merged with S.B. 1211, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1527 merged with S.B. 62…
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Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.