Section 351.120

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Chapter 351

Effective - 01 Jul 2003, 5 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  351.120.  Annual corporate registration report required, when — change in registered office or agent to be filed with annual report. — 1. Every corporation organized pursuant to the laws of this state, including corporations organized pursuant to or subject to this chapter, and every foreign corporation licensed to do business in this state, whether such license shall have been issued pursuant to this chapter or not, other than corporations exempted from taxation by the laws of this state, shall file an annual corporation registration report.

  2. The annual corporate registration report shall state the corporate name, the name of its registered agent and such agent's Missouri address, giving street and number, or building and number, or both, as the case may require, the name and correct business or residence address of its officers and directors, and the mailing address of the corporation's principal place of business or corporate headquarters.

  3. The annual corporate registration report shall be due the month that the corporation incorporated or qualified. Corporations existing prior to July 1, 2003, shall file the annual registration report on the month indicated on the corporation's last annual report. Corporations formed on or after July 1, 2003, shall file an annual registration report within thirty days of the date of incorporation or qualification and every year thereafter in the month that they were incorporated or qualified.

  4. The annual registration report shall be signed by an officer or authorized person.

  5. In the event of any error in the names and addresses of the officers and directors set forth in an annual registration report, the corporation may correct such information by filing a certificate of correction pursuant to section 351.049.

  6. A corporation may change the corporation's registered office or registered agent with the filing of the corporation's annual registration report. To change the corporation's registered agent with the filing of the annual registration report, the corporation must include the new registered agent's written consent to the appointment as registered agent and a written consent stating that such change in registered agents was authorized by resolution duly adopted by the board of directors. The written consent must be signed by the new registered agent and must include such agent's address. If the annual corporate registration report is not completed correctly, the secretary of state may reject the filing of such report.

  7. A corporation's annual registration report must be filed in a format as prescribed by the secretary of state.

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(RSMo 1939 § 5085, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 114, A. 1949 H.B. 2079, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14, A.L. 1983 S.B. 367, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1436, A.L. 1989 H.B. 246, A.L. 1996 S.B. 835, A.L. 1999 H.B. 516, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288, A.L. 2002 S.B. 895, A.L. 2003 H.B. 600)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 4613; 1919 § 9807

Effective 7-1-03