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1.Each domestic corporation shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a biennial
report that sets forth all of the following:
a.The name of the corporation.
b.The street and mailing addresses of its registered office and the name of its registered
agent at that office in this state.
c.The street and mailing addresses of its principal office.
d.The names and business addresses of the president, secretary, treasurer, and one of the
board of directors.
2.Each foreign corporation registered to do business in this state shall deliver to the
secretary of state for filing a biennial report that sets forth all of the following:
a.The name of the foreign corporation and, if the name does not comply with section
490.401, an alternate name as required by section 490.1506.
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1. Each domestic corporation shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a biennial
report that sets forth all of the following:
a. The name of the corporation.
b. The street and mailing addresses of its registered office and the name of its registered
agent at that office in this state.
c. The street and mailing addresses of its principal office.
d. The names and business addresses of the president, secretary, treasurer, and one of the
board of directors.
2. Each foreign corporation registered to do business in this state shall deliver to the
secretary of state for filing a biennial report that sets forth all of the following:
a. The name of the foreign corporation and, if the name does not comply with section
490.401, an alternate name as required by section 490.1506.
b. The foreign corporation’s jurisdiction of formation.
c. The street and mailing addresses of the foreign corporation’s principal office and, if the
law of the foreign corporation’s jurisdiction of formation requires the foreign corporation to
maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the street and mailing addresses of that office.
d. The street and mailing addresses of the foreign corporation’s registered office in this
state and the name of its registered agent at that office.
e. The names and business addresses of the president, secretary, treasurer, and one of the
board of directors.
3. Information in the biennial report must be current as of the date the biennial report is
signed on behalf of the corporation. The report shall be executed on behalf of the corporation
and signed as provided in section 490.120 or by any other person authorized by the board of
directors of the corporation.
4. The first biennial report shall be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1
and April 1 of the first even-numbered year following the calendar year in which a domestic
corporation was incorporated or a foreign corporation was registered to do business in this
state. SubsequentbiennialreportsmustbedeliveredtothesecretaryofstatebetweenJanuary
1 and April 1 of the following even-numbered calendar years. For purposes of this section,
each biennial report shall contain information related to the two-year period immediately
preceding the calendar year in which the report is filed.
5. If a biennial report does not contain the information required by this section, the
secretary of state shall promptly notify the reporting domestic or foreign corporation in
writing and return the report to it for correction. If the report is corrected to contain the
information required by this section and delivered to the secretary of state within thirty days
after the notice from the secretary of state becomes effective as determined in accordance
with section 490.141, it is deemed to be timely filed.
6. Thesecretaryofstatemayprovideforthechangeofregisteredofficeorregisteredagent
on the form prescribed by the secretary of state for the biennial report, provided that the form
contains the information required in section 490.502. If the secretary of state determines
that a biennial report does not contain the information required by this section but otherwise
meetstherequirementsofsection490.502forthepurposeofchangingtheregisteredofficeor
registeredagent, thesecretaryofstateshallfilethestatementofchangeofregisteredofficeor
registeredagent, effectiveasprovidedinsection490.123, beforereturningthebiennialreport
to the corporation as provided in this section. A statement of change of registered office or
agent pursuant to this subsection shall be executed by a person authorized to execute the
biennial report.