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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.176 (2026)

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  355.176.  Service. — 1.  A corporation's registered agent is the corporation's agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the corporation.

  2.  If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the corporation at its principal office shown in the most recent corporate registration report filed under section 355.856. Service is perfected under this subsection on the earliest of:

  (1)  The date the corporation receives the mail;

  (2)  The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the corporation; or

  (3)  Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed and correctly addressed with first class postage affixed.

  3.  This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a corporation.

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(L. 1994 H.B. 1095, A.L. 1996 S.B. 768, A.L. 2005 H.B. 393, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)

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Applicability of statute changes to cases filed after August 28, 2005, 538.305

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2022 · leading case: State Ex Rel. SSM Health Care St. Louis v. Neill, 78 S.W.3d 140 (Mo. 2002).
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State Ex Rel. SSM Health Care St. Louis v. Neill, 78 S.W.3d 140 (Mo. 2002). · cites it 12× “Second, section 355.176 states that suits against a nonprofit corporation shall be commenced only in the venues set out in subsection 4.”
St. Louis Health Care Network v. State, 968 S.W.2d 145 (Mo. 1998). · cites it 9× “In 1996, the Missouri General Assembly adopted House Substitute for Senate Bill 768 (HSSB 768) entitled “An Act To repeal sections 355.176, 355.331, 402.215 and 473.”
Beavers v. Rec. Ass'n of Lake Shore Estates, Inc., 130 S.W.3d 702 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 4× “t the application contains the information required by subsection 1 of this section and that the information is correct, the secretary of state shall cancel the certificate of dissolution and prepare a certificate of reinstatement reciting that determination and the effective…”
State ex rel. BJC Health Sys. v. Neill, 86 S.W.3d 138 (Mo. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Neill, the Missouri Supreme Court held that once the repeal of subsection 4 of section 355.176 (L.1996, S.B. No. 768, sec.”
Alfred J. (A.J.) Giudicy v. Mercy Hospitals East Communities f/k/a St. John's Mercy Med. Ctr., & Michael J. Chehval, M.D., 645 S.W.3d 492 (Mo. 2022). “” As enacted, HB 393 was titled “AN ACT [t]o repeal sections 355.176, 408.040, 490.715, 508.010, 508.”
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