351.060. Filing of articles of incorporation--certificate of incorporation. - Missouri Statutes

Filing of articles of incorporation--certificate of incorporation.

351.060. 1. An original copy of the articles of incorporation signedby the incorporators as required in section 351.050 shall be delivered tothe office of the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds thatthe articles of incorporation conform to this chapter, he or she shall,when the required organizational taxes or fees have been paid, file thesame, and an original shall be retained by the secretary of state as apermanent record.

2. The secretary of state shall then issue a certificate ofincorporation under the seal of the state that the corporation has beenduly organized. The secretary of state shall attach the certificate to thecopy of the articles of incorporation filed with him and shall deliver themto 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)