394.100. Articles to be filed with secretary of state.
Articles to be filed with secretary of state.
394.100. 1. Articles of incorporation, amendment,consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution, as the casemay be, when executed and acknowledged in duplicate andaccompanied by such affidavits as may be required by applicableprovisions of this chapter, shall be presented to the secretaryof state for filing in the records of his office.
2. If the secretary of state shall find that the articlespresented conform to the requirements of this chapter, he shall,upon the payment of the fees as in this chapter provided, fileone copy of the articles so presented in the records of hisoffice and upon such filing the incorporation, amendment,consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution provided fortherein shall be in effect. The secretary of state immediatelyupon the filing in his office of any articles pursuant to thischapter shall transmit a certified copy thereof, with thecertified copy of the certificate of incorporation, amendment,consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution, as the case maybe, attached, to the recorder of deeds of the county in which theprincipal office of each cooperative or corporation affected bysuch incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion,or dissolution shall be located.
3. The recorder of deeds of any county, upon receipt of anysuch certified copy, shall file, record and index the same in therecords of his office, but the failure of the secretary of stateor of a recorder of deeds of a county to comply with theprovisions of this section shall not invalidate such articles.
4. The provisions of this section shall also apply tocertificates of election to dissolve and affidavits of complianceexecuted pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of section394.240.
(RSMo 1939 § 5404)