Missouri Laws 355.761 – Application for certificate of authority
1. A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the secretary of state. The application must set forth:
(1) The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a corporate name that satisfies the requirements of section 355.776;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 355.761
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: public benefit and mutual benefit corporations. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Deliver: includes mail. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Directors: individuals, designated in the articles or bylaws or elected by the incorporator or incorporators, and their successors and individuals elected or appointed by any other name or title to act as members of the board. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Foreign corporation: a corporation organized under a law other than the laws of this state which would be a nonprofit corporation if formed under the laws of this state. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Mutual benefit corporation: a domestic corporation which is formed as a mutual benefit corporation pursuant to sections 355. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Principal office: the office, in or out of this state, so designated in the corporate registration report filed pursuant to section 355. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Secretary: the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility pursuant to subsection 2 of section 355. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- State: when referring to a part of the United States, includes a state or commonwealth, and its agencies and governmental subdivisions, and any territory or insular possession, and its agencies and governmental subdivisions, of the United States. See Missouri Laws 355.066
(2) The name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;
(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 and the name of its registered agent at that office;
(6) The name and usual business or home addresses of its current directors and officers;
(7) Whether the foreign corporation has members; and
(8) Whether the corporation, if it had been incorporated in this state, would be a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation.
2. The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.