Any person indebted to a minor or disabled person or having possession of property or of an instrument evidencing a debt, stock, or chose in action belonging to a minor or disabled person may pay such debt or deliver such property or instrument to a conservator, curator, committee, guardian of the estate or other like fiduciary appointed by a court of the state of residence of the person, upon being presented with proof of his appointment and an affidavit made by him or on his behalf stating:

1. (1) That no application for appointment of a conservator or conservatorship proceeding relating to the person is pending in this state; and
2. (2) That the foreign guardian, conservator, committee or curator is entitled to payment or to receive delivery. ­­­If the person to whom the affidavit is presented is not aware of any conservatorship proceeding pending in this state, payment or delivery in response to the demand and affidavit discharges the debtor or possessor.

(RSMo 1939 § 416, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 348, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 416; 1919 § 412; 1909 § 442