Missouri Laws 355.101 – Corporate existence begins, when
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1. Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed.
2. The secretary of state‘s filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 355.101
- articles: amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Missouri Laws 355.066
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- 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
- 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