Terms Used In Missouri Laws 356.101

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

A professional corporation may purchase its own shares from a disqualified person even though its net assets are less than its stated capital, or even when by so doing its net assets would be reduced below its stated capital.