Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.610
Distribution, when required.
473.610. Distribution, when required. — Executors and administrators shall not be compelled to make distribution or pay legacies until six months after the date of the letters, unless the legacies specified would be perishable, or subject to injury if retained six months.
(RSMo 1939 § 235, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 215) Prior revisions: 1929 § 236; 1919 § 235; 1909 § 244