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MISSOURI LEGAL INFORMATION
Forming a Corporation--Law and Links
Missouri Corporate Code.
Missouri Secretary of State, Business Services Home page.
Missouri Business Name Search (use to check on corporate name availability).
Missouri Articles of Incorporation.
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Selected Missouri Corporate Statutes
- 351.110. The corporate name:
(1) Shall contain the word "corporation", "company", "incorporated", or "limited", or shall end with an abbreviation of one of said words;
(2) Shall not contain any word or phrase which indicates or implies that it is any governmental agency or organized for any purpose other than a purpose for which corporations may be organized under this chapter; ...
- 351.080. First meeting and organization of board.
1. If the persons to constitute the first board of directors of the corporation are not named in the articles of incorporation of the corporation, the incorporators, by unanimous vote at a meeting or by unanimous written consent, shall have the power to adopt the original bylaws of the corporation, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 351.290, and to name the persons who shall constitute the first board of directors of the corporation.
2. As soon as convenient, an organization meeting of the first board of directors shall be held either within or without this state at the call of a majority of the directors, for the purpose of electing officers, accepting or rejecting subscriptions for shares, authorizing the issuance of shares, doing any other acts to perfect the organization of the corporation and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting.
- 351.290. Bylaws, how adopted and amended.
1. The power to make, alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws of the corporation shall be vested in the shareholders, unless and to the extent that such power may be vested in the board of directors by the articles of incorporation; provided, however, that the original bylaws of a corporation may be adopted by the directors. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation.
- 351.315. Number of directors, how elected, how removed.
1. A corporation shall have three or more directors, except that a corporation may have one or two directors provided the number of directors to constitute the board of directors is stated in the articles of incorporation. Any corporation may elect its directors for one or more years, not to exceed three years, the time of service and mode of classification to be provided for by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the corporation; but, there shall be an annual election for such number or proportion of directors as may be found upon dividing the entire number of directors by the number of years composing a term. At the first annual meeting of shareholders and at each annual meeting thereafter the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect directors to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting, except as herein provided. Each director shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
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