{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-355.761","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.761","heading":"Application for certificate of authority.","body":"1. A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the secretary of state. The application must set forth:\n(1) The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a corporate name that satisfies the requirements of section 355.776;\n(2) The name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;\n(3) The date of incorporation and period of duration;\n(4) The street address of its principal office;\n(5) The address of its registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at that office;\n(6) The name and usual business or home addresses of its current directors and officers;\n(7) Whether the foreign corporation has members; and\n(8) Whether the corporation, if it had been incorporated in this state, would be a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation.\n2. The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.","path":["Title XXIII - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS","Chapter 355 - Nonprofit Corporation Law"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=355.761","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"8721db2649cb1d691480549b9d9b0a7fc154b2c0ce315d6d103817bfefdc8e46","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-355.756","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-355.766"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}