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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 404.470

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020

A donor making a present transfer of property to a beneficiary may designate and transfer the property to any adult person or financial institution, including the donor, as personal custodian for the beneficiary under sections 404.400 to 404.650.