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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.096 (2026)

Articles of incorporation

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  355.096.  Articles of incorporation — contents. — 1.  One or more individuals may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by delivering articles of incorporation to the secretary of state for filing.

  2.  The articles of incorporation adopted after July 1, 1995, must set forth:

  (1)  A corporate name for the corporation that satisfies the requirements of section 355.146;

  (2)  One of the following statements:

  (a)  This corporation is a public benefit corporation; or

  (b)  This corporation is a mutual benefit corporation;

  (3)  The street address of the corporation's initial registered office and the name of its initial registered agent at that office;

  (4)  The name and address of each incorporator;

  (5)  Whether or not the corporation will have members; and

  (6)  Provisions not inconsistent with law regarding the distribution of assets on dissolution.

  3.  The articles of incorporation may set forth:

  (1)  The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized, which may be, either alone or in combination with other purposes, the transaction of any lawful activity;

  (2)  The names and addresses of the individuals who are to serve as the initial directors;

  (3)  Provisions not inconsistent with law regarding:

  (a)  Managing and regulating the affairs of the corporation;

  (b)  Defining, limiting, and regulating the powers of the corporation, its board of directors, and members, or any class of members; and

  (c)  The characteristics, qualifications, rights, limitations and obligations attaching to each or any class of members;

  (4)  Any provision that under this chapter is required or permitted to be set forth in the bylaws.

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(L. 1994 H.B. 1095)

Effective 7-01-95

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2000–2020 · leading case: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City, Inc. v. Nixon, 26 S.W.3d 218 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000).
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City, Inc. v. Nixon, 26 S.W.3d 218 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “” Rather, it prescribes that a “mutual benefit corporation” is “a domestic corporation which is formed as a mutual benefit corporation pursuant to sections 355.096 to 355.121 or is required to be a mutual benefit corporation pursuant to section 355.”
Aaron Malin v. Missouri Ass'n of Cmty. Task Forces, D/B/A ACT Missouri (Mo. Ct. App. 2020). “See § 355.096 (noting that the articles of incorporation may set forth the purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized).”
St. John's Reg'l Med. Ctr. v. Freeman Health Sys., 235 S.W.3d 46 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007). “045 RSMo (1986) (prohibiting a corporation’s articles of incorporation from *54 containing any provisions inconsistent with law); § 355.096 (containing the same prohibition for articles of incorporation adopted after July 1, 1995).”
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