2025 Session
Last amended: 1986 session
§ 525.392 — Property Converted
Plain-Language Summary
Anyone who steals, hides, or uses a deceased person's or ward's property for their own benefit before a representative is appointed must pay double the value of the property taken.
525.392 PROPERTY CONVERTED.
If any person embezzles, alienates, or converts to personal use any of the personal estate of a decedent or ward before the appointment of a representative, such person shall be liable for double the value of the property so embezzled, alienated, or converted.
History:
(8992-96) 1935 c 72 s 96; 1986 c 444
History: History: (8992-96) 1935 c 72 s 96; 1986 c 444
Practical Notes
Protects estates from people who take property before official probate begins.