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Instruction SheetEntry/Object ID
2024.27.12Scope and Content
A framed copy of the DOMESTIC NONPROFIT INSTRUCTION SHEET issued by Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State, State of Missouri. The frame is faux cherry wood. Though there are multiple pages of the document, only the first page is visible.Context
We hope the following information will be helpful when you organize a Nonprofit Corporation under Chapter
355 RSMo. DO NOT confuse this type of corporation with the Pro Forma Corporation or Benevolent
Association formed through the Circuit Courts under Chapter 352, RSMo.
* The purpose for which a Nonprofit corporation may be organized are in section 355.025 RSMo.
* Each corporation may have a president and/or chairman, secretary and treasurer. The same individual
may simultaneously hold more than one office. At least three directors are required.
* All Nonprofit corporations must file an annual report each year listing their officers and directors. This
report is due by August 31st. The corporation will not remain in good standing if the report is not filed.
* These forms must be submitted, with original signatures.
The following instructions are for use with our forms. If the requirements of the law are not met, or if any
blanks are not completed, it may be necessary for us to return the forms for correction.
Article 1: The name of the corporation must be distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State
from any other domestic/foreign corporation, . . . . .
Article 2: Indicate whether the corporation is a public or mutual benefit corporation, pursuant to Section
355.881, RSMo. This designation can be determined as follows:
A. Any corporation which is designated . . . . .
B. Any corporation organized primarily or exclusively for religious purpose . . . . .
C. Any corporation which does not come within A or B above, but which is . . . . .
D. Any corporation which does not come within A, B or C above, but which is organized for public
or charitable purposes which upon dissolution must distribute its assets to:
(1) A public benefit corporation, or
(2) The United States, or
(3) A state, or
(4) A person that is exempt under 501(c)(3),
is a public benefit corporation
E. If the corporation does not come under sections A,B,C, or D, above is a mutual benefit corporationLexicon
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Sheet, InstructionNomenclature Sub-Class
Instructional DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
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11" X 13
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