Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 351

General and Business Corporations

←351.592

Section 351.594.1

351.596→

August 28, 2015

Service on foreign corporation.

351.594. 1. The registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to

transact business in this state is the corporation's agent for service of

process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the

foreign corporation.



2. A foreign corporation may be served by registered or certified mail,

return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the foreign

corporation at its principal office shown in its application for a

certificate of authority or in its most recent corporate registration report,

if the foreign corporation:



(1) Has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot with

reasonable diligence be served;



(2) Has withdrawn from transacting business in this state as provided in

section 351.596; or



(3) Has had its certificate of authority revoked under section 351.602.

If the corporation has no secretary or if the secretary cannot, after the

exercise of reasonable diligence, be served, then service on the corporation

may be obtained by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,

addressed to any person designated as a director or officer of the corporation

at any place of business of the corporation, or at the residence of or any

usual business address of such director or officer.



3. Service is perfected as provided in subsection 2 of this section at

the earliest of:



(1) The date the foreign corporation receives the mail;



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

foreign corporation; or



(3) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced

by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.



4. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the

required means, of serving a foreign corporation.



(L. 1990 H.B. 1432, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)





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351.594. 1. The registered agent of a foreign corporation

authorized to transact business in this state is the

corporation's agent for service of process, notice, or demand

required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign

corporation.



2. A foreign corporation may be served by registered or

certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the

secretary of the foreign corporation at its principal office

shown in its application for a certificate of authority or in its

most recent annual report, if the foreign corporation:



(1) Has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot

with reasonable diligence be served;



(2) Has withdrawn from transacting business in this state

as provided in section 351.596; or



(3) Has had its certificate of authority revoked under

section 351.602.





If the corporation has no secretary or if the secretary cannot,

after the exercise of reasonable diligence, be served, then

service on the corporation may be obtained by registered or

certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to any person

designated as a director or officer of the corporation at any

place of business of the corporation, or at the residence of or

any usual business address of such director or officer.



3. Service is perfected as provided in subsection 2 of this

section at the earliest of:



(1) The date the foreign corporation receives the mail;



(2) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on

behalf of the foreign corporation; or



(3) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail,

as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly

addressed.



4. This section does not prescribe the only means, or

necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign corporation.



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