Missouri Laws 355.051 – Certificate of existence
1. Any person may apply to the secretary of state to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic or foreign corporation.
2. The certificate of existence shall set forth:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 355.051
- 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
- Domestic corporation: a Missouri corporation. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- Person: includes any individual or entity. 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
(1) The domestic corporation‘s corporate name or the foreign corporation‘s corporate name used in this state;
(2) That the domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the law of this state, the date of its incorporation, or that the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state;
(3) That the corporation has complied with all requirements of the corporation division of the secretary of state.
3. Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence issued by the secretary of state may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in good standing in this state.