Personal Property

State	Description
MO	Appliances, household goods, furnishings, clothing, books, crops, animals, & musical instruments to $3,000 total Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 1.(1)
MO	Burial grounds to 1 acre or $100 Mo. Rev. Stat. § 214.190
MO	Firearms, including accessories and ammunition to $1,500 Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 (12)
MO	Health aids Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 1.(9)
MO	Health savings accounts Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 (1)(10)(f)
MO	Motor vehicles to $3,000 in aggregate. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 1.(5)
MO	Personal injury causes of action - NO LONGER EXEMPT as of September 4, 2007 - no "common law" exemptions in Missouri. Must all be statutory, according to In re Mahony (W.D.Mo.), citing In re Benn (8th Cir). In re Mitchell,, 73 B.R. 93 (E.D. Mo. 1987) In re Mahony, 374 B.R. 717 (Bankr.W.D.Mo. Sep 04, 2007) (The Debtors here argue that, unlike income tax refunds, Missouri courts have long held that unliquidated personal injury claims are exempt and that the Eighth Circuit could not have intended to change that precedent in Benn. Unfortunately for the Debtors,) In re Benn, 491 F.3d 811 (8th Cir. 2007) (when the Missouri legislature spoke of property that is �exempt from attachment and execution,� it meant property that was specifically declared exempt by another Missouri statute or a federal statute other than � 522(d).)
MO	Wedding (or engagement) ring to $1,500, other jewelry to $500 Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 1.(2) In re Urie, 2006 WL 533514 (Bankr.W.D.Mo 2006)
MO	Wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 1.(11)

MO Personal Property