Terms Used In Missouri Laws 274.250

  • Association: any corporation organized under this chapter. See Missouri Laws 274.020
  • 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.
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

No person, firm, corporation, or association, hereafter organized or hereafter applying to do business in this state as a farmers’ marketing association for the sale of farm products, shall be entitled to use the words “nonprofit cooperative” as part of its corporate or other business name or title, unless it has complied with the provisions of this chapter.