{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-355.026","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.026","heading":"Effective date of documents.","body":"1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, a document is effective:\n(1) On the date it is filed, as evidenced by the secretary of state's endorsement on the original document; or\n(2) On the date specified in the document as its effective date, provided that a document shall not be effective prior to the date it is filed in the office of the secretary of state.\n2. A document may specify a delayed effective date, and if it does so the document becomes effective on the date specified. If a delayed effective date is specified, the document is effective on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date.","path":["Title XXIII - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS","Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=355.026","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"781ea302f3b65b4bc720e2a0c6090cf45d3d7cb425c222ce64470c33e804ba95","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-355.025","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-355.031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}