Section 351.120

Title XXIII CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Chapter 351

Effective - 28 Aug 2002, 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 on the date that the corporation's franchise tax report is due as required in section 147.020, RSMo, or within thirty days of the date of incorporation of the corporation. Any extension of time for filing the franchise tax report shall not apply to the due date of the annual corporation registration report. Any corporation that is not required to file a franchise tax report shall still be required to file an annual corporation registration report.

  4. In the event of any change in the names and addresses of the officers and directors set forth in an annual registration report following the required date of its filing and the date of the next such required report, the corporation may correct such information by filing a certificate of correction pursuant to section 351.049.

  5. 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.

  6. 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)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 4613; 1919 § 9807