Missouri Household Paperwork Bundle: 4 Kits in One Download (MO Executor and Estate Kit, Missouri Small Claims Kit, Missouri POA Signing Kit, Missouri Will Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in Missouri getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in Missouri. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 4 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The Missouri kits are built only from our Missouri data files: Sources, checked November 2026: RSMo 473.097, Small estates (Missouri Revisor of Statutes); Form PR16 (SJRC 01-24), Small estate affidavit, intestate (Missouri Courts); RSMo 473.090, Refusal of letters (Missouri Revisor of Statutes); RSMo Chapter 474, Probate Code: Intestate Succession and Wills (Revisor of Missouri); RSMo 474.337, Written will self-proved, how (Revisor of Missouri); RSMo 474.330, Who may witness will, effect of interest in will (Revisor of Missouri); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Missouri (Nolo); Missouri small claims data file, checked November 2026 against Missouri Small Claims Court Handbook (The Missouri Bar, April 2021), hosted by the 13th Judicial Circuit on courts.mo.gov; Missouri power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against RSMo 404.705, Durable power of attorney (Missouri Revisor of Statutes); RSMo 404.700, Law, how cited (Missouri Revisor of Statutes); Missouri will signing data file, checked November 2026 against RSMo Chapter 474, Probate Code: Intestate Succession and Wills (Revisor of Missouri); RSMo 474.337, Written will self-proved, how (Revisor of Missouri); RSMo 474.330, Who may witness will, effect of interest in will (Revisor of Missouri); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Missouri (Nolo).
• Every kit in the set is written for Missouri.

What is inside

• Missouri Executor and Estate Kit. The entire estate, less liens, debts and encumbrances, $40,000 or less. Distributees can establish title to real estate by recording the affidavit and the clerk's certificate. Real estate counts toward the value, and the procedure can reach it. 30 days. Thirty days after the death. Signed before a notary. The Missouri courts' statewide small estate affidavit form ends with a notary jurat. The statute itself lists what the affidavit must state without naming a notary. Through a court office. A copy of the affidavit and the clerk's certificate is filed with the probate division clerk, usually with a bond the court can waive. PR16, Affidavit to Establish Title of Distributee to Property in Estate of Less than $40,000, Small Estate, Intestate (Without Will). A statewide probate form, revised January 2024 (SJRC 01-24), posted on the Missouri courts' site. Refusal of letters (RSMo 473.090): The probate division may refuse to grant letters when the estate is no larger than the exempt property and the allowance for the surviving spouse or unmarried minor children, or when the personal estate is $15,000 or less and a creditor or other qualified person applies. Two or more competent witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence. Allowed at signing or any later date, before an officer authorized to administer oaths in the state, under official seal. Not recognized unless witnessed: a handwritten will needs the same witnesses as any other will, per Nolo's Missouri page. The will stays valid, but an interested witness loses anything above an intestate share unless two disinterested witnesses also signed. Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $40,000, dates day 30 after the death and counts real estate in the person's name.
• Missouri Small Claims Court Kit. In Missouri, small claims (Small claims court, a division of the circuit court) cover claims up to $5,000. From the official page: A civil claim that doesn't exceed $5,000, not counting court costs and interest. Service: The court mails the summons by certified mail; if that fails, a process server or sheriff can serve for an extra fee. The defendant must get the summons at least 10 days before the court date. Lawyers are allowed. Appeal: Application for Trial de Novo within 10 days of the decision: a new trial before a different judge or a jury. How to use the kit, the 7 confirmed Missouri facts at a glance, a short look-up list (filing fees, online filing) with the page to check, and a yes/no checklist: is the amount under $5,000, is it the right court, is there someone to serve and something to collect from. Where and how to file, from the official pages: The county where the defendant lives or the transaction happened; where the plaintiff lives if the defendant can be found there; or where a business defendant has an office or registered agent.
• Missouri Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your Missouri power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. A durable power of attorney is dated and acknowledged the way the law prescribes for conveyances of real estate. Notary: "dated and acknowledged in the manner prescribed by law for conveyances of real estate." Witnesses: "subscribed by the principal, and dated and acknowledged" Recording for real estate: "may be required for transactions affecting real estate" Durable after incapacity: "THIS IS A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE AUTHORITY OF MY ATTORNEY IN FACT SHALL NOT TERMINATE" Step by step in signing order: notary: Sign in front of a notary, who completes an acknowledgment; witnesses: Section 404.705 doesn't mention witnesses; recording for real estate: Recording may be asked for in a real estate transaction; durable after incapacity: Include durable wording if it should keep working after incapacity. Recording: It doesn't have to be recorded to be valid, but recording may be required for real estate transactions under 442.360 and 442.370. Plus a copies log.
• Missouri Will Signing Day Kit. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two or more competent witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence. Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. If a beneficiary would have to witness, stop and call the lawyer first: The will stays valid, but an interested witness loses anything above an intestate share unless two disinterested witnesses also signed. Have a notary or another officer who can administer oaths there for the self-proving affidavit. The statute names that officer rather than notaries by name. Allowed at signing or any later date, before an officer authorized to administer oaths in the state, under official seal. If no notary is available on the day, the affidavit can be added later, while the witnesses can still be reached. Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Missouri: For an electronic will, the self-proving affidavit can be taken by a remote online notary when fewer than two witnesses are physically present. Electronic wills: Authorized. An electronic will is a will for all purposes. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Missouri: Not recognized unless witnessed: a handwritten will needs the same witnesses as any other will, per Nolo's Missouri page.