All claims and statutory allowances against the estate of a decedent shall be divided into the following classes: (1) Costs; (2) Expenses of administration; (3) Exempt property, family and homestead allowances; (4) Funeral expenses; (5) Debts and taxes due the United States of America; (6) Debts for medical assistance owed to the state of Missouri under section 473.398 ; (7) Expenses of the last sickness, wages of servants, claims for medicine and medical attendance during the last sickness, and the reasonable cost of a tombstone; (8) Debts and taxes due the state of Missouri, any county, or any political subdivision of the state of Missouri; (9) Judgments rendered against the decedent in his lifetime and judgments rendered upon attachments levied upon property of decedent during his lifetime; (10) All other claims not barred by section 473.360 .
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