355.761. Application for certificate of authority. - Missouri Statutes

Application for certificate of authority.

355.761. 1. A foreign corporation may apply for acertificate of authority to transact business in this state bydelivering an application to the secretary of state. Theapplication must set forth:

(1) The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name isunavailable for use in this state, a corporate name thatsatisfies the requirements of section 355.776;

(2) The name of the state or country under whose law it isincorporated;

(3) The date of incorporation and period of duration;

(4) The street address of its principal office;

(5) The address of its registered office in this state andthe name of its registered agent at that office;

(6) The name and usual business or home addresses of itscurrent directors and officers;

(7) Whether the foreign corporation has members; and

(8) Whether the corporation, if it had been incorporated inthis state, would be a public benefit or mutual benefitcorporation.

2. The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completedapplication a certificate of existence, or a document of similarimport, duly authenticated by the secretary of state or otherofficial having custody of corporate records in the state orcountry under whose law it is incorporated.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095)

Effective 7-1-95