379.065. Organization of corporation--procedure--fee.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

379.065. Organization of corporation--procedure--fee.

Organization of corporation--procedure--fee.

379.065. Whenever the incorporators shall have filed thedeclaration required by section 379.030 and also proof of thepublication therein required, by the affidavit of the publisherof the newspaper in which the publication was made, his foremanor clerk, with the director, it shall be the duty of saiddirector to submit such declaration to the attorney general ofthis state for examination; and if it shall be found by him to bein accordance with the provisions of sections 379.010 to 379.160,and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this stateand of the United States, he shall so certify and deliver it backto the director, who shall cause the said declaration andaffidavit, with the certificate of the attorney general, to berecorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall furnisha certified copy of the same to the corporators, and shall alsofile a certified copy of the same with the secretary of state,who, upon payment to the state director of revenue of the sum ofseventy-five dollars, shall issue a certificate of incorporation,upon the receipt of which they may proceed to organize in themanner set forth in their articles of incorporation orassociation, to open books and receive subscriptions to thepolicyholders' surplus mentioned in section 379.010 and issuereceipts therefor, and to keep such books open until the wholeamount specified in its articles of incorporation or associationis received; but it shall not be lawful for such company to issuepolicies or transact any business of any kind, except asaforesaid, until it has fully complied with the requirements ofsections 379.070 and 379.075.