375.216. Certificate of amendment effective, when--amendment not to affect any existing cause of action. - Missouri Statutes

Certificate of amendment effective, when--amendment not to affectany existing cause of action.

375.216. 1. Upon the issuance of the certificate by thesecretary of state, the amendment shall become effective and thearticles shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.

2. No amendment shall affect any existing cause of action infavor or against the insurance company or any pending suit inwhich the insurance company is a party, or the existing rights ofpersons other than the shareholders, members or other group ofpersons voting thereon or entitled to vote thereon; and, in theevent the insurance company name is changed by amendment, no suitbrought by or against the company under its former name shall beabated for that reason.

(L. 1967 p. 516)