Missouri Laws 355.021 – Fees
1. The secretary of state shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered for filing:
(1) Articles of incorporation, twenty dollars;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 355.021
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- articles: amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- 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
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- 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
- Member: without regard to what a person is called in the articles or bylaws, any person or persons who on more than one occasion, pursuant to a provision of a corporation's articles or bylaws, have the right to vote for the election of a director or directors. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Proceeding: includes civil suits and criminal, administrative, and investigatory actions. 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
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- 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) Application for reserved name, twenty dollars;
(3) Notice of transfer of reserved name, two dollars;
(4) Application for renewal of reserved name, twenty dollars;
(5) Corporation‘s statement of change of registered agent or registered office or both, five dollars;
(6) Agent’s statement of change of registered office for each affected corporation, five dollars;
(7) Agent’s statement of resignation, five dollars;
(8) Amendment of articles of incorporation, five dollars;
(9) Restatement of articles of incorporation with amendments, five dollars;
(10) Articles of merger, five dollars;
(11) Articles of dissolution, five dollars;
(12) Articles of revocation of dissolution, five dollars;
(13) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, twenty dollars;
(14) Application for certificate of authority, twenty dollars;
(15) Application for amended certificate of authority, five dollars;
(16) Application for certificate of withdrawal, five dollars;
(17) Corporate registration report filed annually, ten dollars if filed in a written format or five dollars if filed electronically in a format prescribed by the secretary of state;
(18) Corporate registration report filed biennially, twenty dollars if filed in a written format or ten dollars if filed electronically in a format prescribed by the secretary of state;
(19) Articles of correction, five dollars;
(20) Certificate of existence or authorization, five dollars;
(21) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, five dollars.
2. The secretary of state shall collect a fee of ten dollars upon being served with process under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover the fee paid the secretary of state as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
3. The secretary of state shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation: in a written format fifty cents per page plus five dollars for certification, or in an electronic format five dollars for certification and copies.
4. Fees mandated in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1 of this section shall be waived if an initial officer or director of the nonprofit corporation is a member of the Missouri National Guard or any other active duty military, resides in the state of Missouri, and provides proof of such service to the secretary of state.