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MO Rev Stat § 351.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.060 - Filing of articles of incorporation — certificate of incorporation.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   351.060. Filing of articles of incorporation — certificate of incorporation. — 1. An original copy of the articles of incorporation signed by the incorporators as required in section 351.050 shall be delivered to the office of the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds that the articles of incorporation conform to this chapter, he or she shall, when the required organizational taxes or fees have been paid, file the same, and an original shall be retained by the secretary of state as a permanent record.  2. The secretary of state shall then issue a certificate of incorporation under the seal of the state that the corporation has been duly organized. The secretary of state shall attach the certificate to the copy of the articles of incorporation filed with him and shall deliver them to the corporation or its representative. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5011, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 51, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14, A.L. 1983 S.B. 367, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664)
MO Rev Stat § 351.065 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.065 - Incorporation tax or fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   351.065. Incorporation tax or fee. — 1. No corporation shall be organized under the general and business corporation law of Missouri unless the persons named as incorporators shall at or before the filing of the articles of incorporation pay to the director of revenue three dollars for the issuance of the certificate and fifty dollars for the first thirty thousand dollars or less of the authorized shares of the corporation and a further sum of five dollars for each additional ten thousand dollars of its authorized shares, and no increase in the authorized shares of the corporation shall be valid or effectual unless the corporation has paid the director of revenue five dollars for each ten thousand dollars or less of the increase in the authorized shares of the corporation, and the corporation shall file a duplicate receipt issued by the director of revenue for the payments required by this section to be made with the secretary of state as is provided by this chapter for the filing of articles of incorporation; except that the requirements of this section to pay incorporation taxes and fees shall not apply to foreign railroad corporations which built their lines of railway into or through this state prior to November 21, 1943.  2. For the purpose of this section, the dollar amount of authorized shares is the par value thereof in the case of shares with par value and is one dollar per share in the case of shares without par value.  3. Fees mandated in subsection 1 of this section shall be waived if a majority shareholder, officer, or director of the organizing corporation is a member of the Missouri National Guard or any other active duty military, resides in the state of Missouri, and provides proof of such service to the secretary of state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5013, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 113, A.L. 1945 p. 711, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14, A.L. 1978 S.B. 755, A.L. 2014 S.B. 600)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4539; 1919 § 9735; 1909 § 2976
MO Rev Stat § 351.075 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.075 - Certificate of incorporation is evidence of corporate existence.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   351.075. Certificate of incorporation is evidence of corporate existence. — The corporate existence of a corporation shall date from the time of filing its articles of incorporation by the secretary of state. The certificate given by the secretary of state shall be taken by all courts of this state as evidence of the corporate existence of such corporation. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 410 § 52, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14)
MO Rev Stat § 351.076 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.076 - Certificate of good standing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   351.076. Certificate of good standing. — 1. Anyone may apply to the secretary of state to furnish a certificate of good standing for a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation.  2. A certificate of good standing for a domestic corporation sets forth:  (1) The domestic corporation's corporate name;  (2) When the corporation was incorporated;  (3) That the corporation was incorporated under the laws of this state;  (4) That the corporation has complied with all the requirements of the corporation division of the secretary of state.  3. A certificate of good standing for a foreign corporation sets forth:  (1) The name of the corporation as registered in its home state;  (2) The name the foreign corporation uses in this state;  (3) The name of the state or jurisdiction it was incorporated in;  (4) That the corporation has complied with all the requirements of the corporation division of the secretary of state.  4. Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of good standing issued by the secretary of state may be relied upon as prima facie evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1432)
MO Rev Stat § 351.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.080 - First meeting and organization of board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   351.080. First meeting and organization of board. — 1. If the persons to constitute the first board of directors of the corporation are not named in the articles of incorporation of the corporation, the incorporators, by unanimous vote at a meeting or by unanimous written consent, shall have the power to adopt the original bylaws of the corporation, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 351.290, and to name the persons who shall constitute the first board of directors of the corporation.  2. As soon as convenient, an organization meeting of the first board of directors shall be held either within or without this state at the call of a majority of the directors, for the purpose of electing officers, accepting or rejecting subscriptions for shares, authorizing the issuance of shares, doing any other acts to perfect the organization of the corporation and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4998, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 54, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14, A.L. 1979 S.B. 216)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4527; 1919 § 9723; 1909 § 2964
MO Rev Stat § 351.085 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.085 - Amendment of articles of incorporation permitted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   351.085. Amendment of articles of incorporation permitted. — A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation at any time to add or change a provision that is required or permitted in the articles of incorporation or to delete a provision not required in the articles of incorporation. Whether a provision is required or permitted in the articles of incorporation is determined as of the effective date of the amendment. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 410 § 55, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 1977 S.B. 115, A.L. 1979 S.B. 216, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664, A.L. 2009 S.B. 224)
MO Rev Stat § 351.093 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.093 - Certain shareholders must be permitted to vote, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   351.093. Certain shareholders must be permitted to vote, when. — 1. The holders of the outstanding shares of a class shall be entitled to vote as a class upon a proposed amendment to the articles of incorporation, whether or not entitled to vote thereon by the provisions of such articles if the amendment would increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of such class; increase or decrease the par value of the shares of such class; create a new class of shares having rights and preferences prior or superior to the shares of the class, or increase the rights and preferences or the number of authorized shares, of any class having rights and preferences prior or superior to the shares of the class; or alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights of the shares of such class so as to affect them adversely. A merger or consolidation shall not be deemed to involve a proposed amendment to the articles of incorporation.  2. If any proposed amendment would alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights of one or more series of any class, so as to affect them adversely, but would not so affect the entire class, then only the shares of the series so affected by the amendment shall be considered a separate class for the purpose of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1979 S.B. 216, A.L. 1983 S.B. 367, A.L. 1997 S.B. 197)
MO Rev Stat § 351.095 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.095 - Certificate of amendment, contents of.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   351.095. Certificate of amendment, contents of. — 1. To adopt an amendment of the articles of incorporation as provided in subsection 1 of section 351.090, a majority of the board of directors shall execute a certificate of amendment that shall be delivered to the secretary of state. The certificate of amendment shall state:  (1) The name of the corporation and, if it has been changed, the name under which it was originally organized;  (2) The date of the adoption of the amendment by the directors;  (3) The amendment adopted;  (4) That on the date of adoption of the amendment by the directors the corporation had not received any payment for any of its shares.  2. After the adoption of an amendment of the articles of incorporation by the requisite vote of shareholders, a certificate of amendment shall be executed by an officer of the corporation, the original copy of the certificate shall be delivered to the secretary of state. The certificate of amendment shall state:  (1) The name of the corporation and, if it has been changed, the name under which it was originally organized;  (2) The date of adoption of the amendment by the shareholders;  (3) The amendment adopted;  (4) The number of shares outstanding, the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment and, if the shares of any class are entitled to vote thereon as a class, the number of outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon;  (5) The number of shares voted for and against the amendment, respectively, and, if the shares of any class are entitled to vote thereon as a class, the number of shares of each class voted for and against the amendment, respectively;  (6) If the amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares, or a reduction of the number of authorized shares of any class below the number of issued shares of that class, then a statement of the manner in which it shall be effected;  (7) If the effective date of the amendment is to be a date other than the date of filing of the certificate of amendment with the secretary of state, then the effective date, which shall be no more than ninety days following the filing date, shall be specified. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 410 § 57, A.L. 1961 p. 248, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14, A.L. 1983 S.B. 367, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664)
MO Rev Stat § 351.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.100 - Certificate of amendment, secretary of state to file and certify, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   351.100. Certificate of amendment, secretary of state to file and certify, when. — 1. Upon receipt by the secretary of state of duplicate originals of any certificate of amendment, he shall file the same, if he finds that the certificate of amendment conforms to law, and that the required taxes or fees have been paid, keeping one of the copies as a permanent record, and he shall issue a certificate of amendment to which he shall affix the other copy of the certificate of amendment filed with him.  2. The certificate of the secretary of state and the copy of the certificate of amendment affixed shall be returned to the corporation or its representative. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 410 § 58, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14)
MO Rev Stat § 351.105 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.105 - When amendment shall become effective.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   351.105. When amendment shall become effective. — 1. Upon the filing of the certificate of amendment and the issuance of the certificate by the secretary of state, the amendment shall become effective and the articles of incorporation shall be deemed to be amended accordingly; provided, however, that any certificate of amendment filed by a corporation hereunder may provide that it is not to become effective until a specified date subsequent to its filing date, but such date shall not be more than ninety days after its filing date and the certificate issued by the secretary of state shall indicate such deferred effective date.  2. No amendment shall affect any existing cause of action in favor of or against such corporation, or any pending suit in which such corporation shall be a party, or the existing rights of persons other than shareholders; and, in the event the corporate name shall be changed by amendment, no suit brought by or against such corporation under its former name shall be abated for that reason. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 410 § 59, A.L. 1983 S.B. 367)
MO Rev Stat § 351.107 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.107 - Restated articles of incorporation may be amended at time of restatement.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   351.107. Restated articles of incorporation may be amended at time of restatement. — The articles of incorporation may be amended at the time of restatement of the articles of incorporation, in the following manner:  (1) The procedure required by this chapter for effecting an amendment to the articles of incorporation may be carried out concurrently with the procedure for restatement so that the proposed amendment and the restated articles may be presented to the same meetings of directors and shareholders;  (2) Such amendment and restatement, upon adoption by that percentage vote of shareholders required for that particular amendment, and on being set forth in a single certificate of amendment and restatement, in the manner required by this chapter, may then be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall not become effective unless and until such amendment has become effective in the manner provided in this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664, A.L. 2005 H.B. 678)
MO Rev Stat § 351.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.110 - Name of corporation regulated.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   351.110. Name of corporation regulated. — The corporate name:  (1) Shall contain the word "corporation", "company", "incorporated", or "limited", or shall end with an abbreviation of one of said words;  (2) Shall not contain any word or phrase which indicates or implies that it is any governmental agency or organized for any purpose other than a purpose for which corporations may be organized under this chapter;  (3) Shall be distinguishable from the name of any domestic corporation existing under any law of this state or any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, or any limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership, or limited liability company existing or transacting business in this state under chapter 347, chapter 358, or chapter 359, or a name the exclusive right to which is, at the time, reserved in the manner provided in this chapter, chapter 347, chapter 358, or chapter 359, or any other business entity organized, reserved, or registered under the law of this state. If the name is the same, a word shall be added to make such name distinguishable from the name of such other corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or limited liability limited partnership, or limited partnership. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 410 § 7, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 1985 H.B. 512 & 650, A.L. 1993 S.B. 66 & 20, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664)
MO Rev Stat § 351.115 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.115 - Reservation of right to exclusive use of corporate name, time period.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   351.115. Reservation of right to exclusive use of corporate name, time period. — 1. The exclusive right to the use of a corporate name may be reserved by:  (1) Any person intending to organize a corporation under this chapter;  (2) Any domestic corporation intending to change its name;  (3) Any foreign corporation intending to make application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state;  (4) Any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state and intending to change its name;  (5) Any person intending to organize a foreign corporation and intending to have such corporation make application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.  2. Such reservation shall be made by filing in the office of the secretary of state an application to reserve a specified corporate name, executed by the applicant. If the secretary of state finds that such name is available for corporate use, he shall reserve the same for the exclusive use of such applicant for a period of sixty days. A name reservation shall not exceed a period of one hundred eighty days from the date of the first name reservation application. Upon the one hundred eighty-first day the name shall cease reserve status and shall not be placed back in such status.  3. The right to the exclusive use of a specified corporate name so reserved may be transferred to any other person by filing in the office of the secretary of state a notice of such transfer, executed by the person for whom such name was reserved, and specifying the name and address of the transferee. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 410 § 8, A.L. 1978 S.B. 755, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664)  (1972) Duty of secretary of state ministerial under this section and mandamus is proper remedy, telephone reservation with subsequent written application and fee not sufficient to bar written application and fee received after telephone call but before caller's written application. State ex rel. Lane v. Kirkpatrick (Mo.), 485 S.W.2d 62.
MO Rev Stat § 351.122 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.122 - Option of biennial filing of corporate registration reports.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   351.122. Option of biennial filing of corporate registration reports. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 351.120 to the contrary, beginning January 1, 2010, the secretary of state may provide corporations the option of biennially filing corporate registration reports. Any corporation incorporated or qualified in an even-numbered year may file a biennial corporate registration report only in an even-numbered calendar year, and any corporation incorporated or qualified in an odd-numbered year may file a biennial corporate registration report only in an odd-numbered calendar year, subject to the following requirements:  (1) The fee paid at the time of biennial registration shall be eighty dollars if the report is filed in a written format. The fee shall be thirty dollars if the report is filed via an electronic format prescribed by the secretary of state;  (2) A corporation's biennial corporate registration report shall be filed in a format as prescribed by the secretary of state;  (3) The secretary of state may collect an additional fee of ten dollars for each biennial corporate registration report filed under this section. Such fee shall be deposited into the state treasury and credited to the secretary of state's technology trust fund account.  2. Once a corporation chooses the option of biennial registration, such registration shall be maintained for the full twenty-four-month period. Once the twenty-four-month period has expired and another corporate registration report is due, a corporation may choose to file an annual registration report under section 351.120. However, upon making such choice the corporation may later only choose to file a biennial corporate registration report in a year appropriate under subsection 1 of this section, based on the year in which the corporation was incorporated.  3. The secretary of state may promulgate rules for the effective administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2009, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2009 H.B. 481)
MO Rev Stat § 351.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 351 - General and Business Corporations|Section 351.125 - Fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   351.125. Fees. — Every corporation required to register under the provisions of this chapter shall pay to the state a fee of forty dollars for its corporate registration if the report is filed in a written format. The fee is fifteen dollars for each corporate registration report filed via an electronic format prescribed by the secretary of state. Biennial corporate registration reports filed under section 351.122 shall require the fee prescribed in that section. If a corporation fails to file a corporation registration report when due, it shall be assessed, in addition to its regular registration fee, a late fee of fifteen dollars for each thirty-day period within which the registration report is filed whether in writing or in an electronic format. If the registration report is not filed within ninety days, the secretary of state may proceed with administrative dissolution of such corporation under sections 351.484 and 351.486. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5089, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 116, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1436, A.L. 1987 H.B. 349, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4617; 1919 § 9811