Missouri § 351.670 Disapproval of articles of incorporation, amendment, merger — forfeiture of certificate of authority — review.

Missouri Statutes

§ 351.670 — Disapproval of articles of incorporation, amendment, merger — forfeiture of certificate of authority — review.

Missouri § 351.670

Title XXIIICORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Ch. 351General and Business Corporations

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.670 (2026).

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If the secretary of state shall fail to approve any articles of incorporation, amendment, merger, consolidation or dissolution, or any other document required by this chapter to be approved by the secretary of state, before the same shall be filed in his office, he shall within ten days after the delivery thereof to him give written notice of his disapproval to the person or corporation, domestic or foreign, delivering the same, specifying the reasons therefor.  From such disapproval such person or corporation may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the registered office of such corporation is or is proposed to be situated by filing with the clerk of such court a petition setting forth a copy of the articles or other documents sought to be filed and a copy of the written dis

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If the secretary of state shall fail to approve any articles of incorporation, amendment, merger, consolidation or dissolution, or any other document required by this chapter to be approved by the secretary of state, before the same shall be filed in his office, he shall within ten days after the delivery thereof to him give written notice of his disapproval to the person or corporation, domestic or foreign, delivering the same, specifying the reasons therefor. From such disapproval such person or corporation may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the registered office of such corporation is or is proposed to be situated by filing with the clerk of such court a petition setting forth a copy of the articles or other documents sought to be filed and a copy of the written disapproval thereof by the secretary of state, such petition to be filed within thirty days after notice of such disapproval shall have been given, and the matter shall be tried de novo by the court, and the court shall either sustain the action of the secretary of state or direct him to take such action as the court may deem proper. If the secretary of state shall forfeit the certificate of authority to transact business in this state of any foreign corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such foreign corporation may likewise appeal to the circuit court of the county where the registered office of such corporation in this state is situated by filing with the clerk of such court a petition setting forth a copy of its certificate of authority to transact business in this state and a copy of the notice of forfeiture given by the secretary of state, such petition to be filed within thirty days after notice of said forfeiture shall have been given by said secretary of state, and the matter shall be tried de novo by the court, and the court shall either sustain the action of the secretary of state or direct him to take such action as the court may deem proper. An appeal from the circuit court in such a case shall be allowed as in civil action.