Terms Used In Missouri Laws 351.606

  • 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.
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit organized under laws other than the laws of this state. See Missouri Laws 351.015
  • 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

Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state is a party to a statutory merger with any other foreign corporation as permitted by the laws of the state or* country under which it is organized, and such corporation is the surviving corporation, it shall file with the secretary of state a certificate showing the effective date of the merger issued by the proper officer of the state or country of the surviving corporation. It shall not be necessary for the corporation to procure either a new or an amended certificate of authority to transact business in this state unless the corporate name, corporate duration or the state of incorporation has changed.