Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.716 (2026)

  355.716.  Reinstatement after administrative dissolution or forfeiture. — 1.  A corporation administratively dissolved under section 355.711 or forfeited after 1978 for failure to file an annual report may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement.  The application must:

  (1)  Recite the name of the corporation and the effective date of its administrative dissolution or forfeiture;

  (2)  State that the ground or grounds for dissolution either did not exist or have been eliminated;

  (3)  State that the corporation's name satisfies the requirements of section 355.146; and

  (4)  Contain a certificate from the director of revenue reciting that all taxes owed by the corporation have been paid if the corporation pays taxes.

  2.  If the secretary of state determines that 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 or forfeiture and prepare a certificate of reinstatement reciting that determination and the effective date of reinstatement, file the original of the certificate, and serve a copy on the corporation under section 355.176.

  3.  When reinstatement is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution or forfeiture and the corporation shall resume carrying on its activities as if the administrative dissolution or forfeiture had never occurred.