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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.020 (2026)

What corporations may organize under this law

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  351.020.  What corporations may organize under this law. — Corporations for profit, except those which are required to be organized exclusively under other provisions of law, may be organized under this chapter for any lawful purposes.

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(L. 1943 p. 410 § 3, A.L. 1975 S.B. 14)

CROSS REFERENCES:

Incorporation of assessment plan life insurance company, Chap. 377

Incorporation of banks, Chap. 362

Incorporation of commodity associations, Chap. 275

Incorporation of cooperative companies, Chap. 357

Incorporation of county agricultural and mechanical societies, Chap. 262

Incorporation of county town and farmers' mutual property insurance companies, Chap. 380

Incorporation of credit unions, Chap. 370

Incorporation of fraternal benefit societies, Chap. 378

Incorporation of insurance companies other than life, Chap. 379

Incorporation of life and accident insurance companies, Chap. 376

Incorporation of nonprofit cooperative associations, Chap. 274

Incorporation of railroad companies, Chap. 388

Incorporation of religious and charitable associations, Chap. 352

Incorporation of rural electric cooperatives, Chap. 394

Incorporation of savings and loan associations, Chap. 369

Incorporation of stipulated premium plan life insurance companies, Chap. 377

Incorporation of street railway companies, Chap. 391

Incorporation of telegraph and telephone companies, Chap. 392

Incorporation of union station companies, Chap. 388

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1957–2003 · leading case: State ex rel. State High. Comm'n v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R., 539 S.W.2d 760 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976).
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State ex rel. State High. Comm'n v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R., 539 S.W.2d 760 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “210(2) provides that a voluntary grant shall be held by the railroad for the purpose of such grant only.”
Pollock v. Berlin-Wheeler, Inc., 112 S.W.3d 73 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003). “See § 351.020. Moreover, Pollock status as an employee (as an agent) forestalls allowing her to compete with her employer.”
In re Int'l Underwriters, Inc., 157 F. Supp. 367 (W.D. Mo. 1957). · cites it 2× “, claims it is an insurance corporation, then it has violated the provisions of Section 351.020, V.A.M.S., by incorporating as a general and business corporation.”
State v. Trawick, 755 S.W.2d 335 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “” Defendant does not dispute that a corporation can own money, § 351.020, RSMo 1986 (a corporation may be organized for any lawful purpose); thus the issue is not whether McDonald’s Restaurant had the capacity to be a victim.”
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