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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
1. The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by:
(1) Any person intending to organize a limited liability company under sections 347.010 to 347.187 and to adopt that name;
(2) Any domestic limited liability company intending to adopt that name;
(3) Any foreign limited liability company registered in this state intending to adopt that name or intending to register in this state and to adopt that name; or
(4) Any person intending to organize a foreign limited liability company and intending to have it registered in this state and to adopt that name.
2. The reservation shall be made by filing with the secretary in a format prescribed by the secretary, executed by the applicant, to reserve a specified name. If the secretary finds that the name is not registered with the secretary as a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability limited partnership, and is otherwise available for use, it shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of sixty days from and after the date the application is filed with the state. A name reservation shall not exceed a period of one hundred eighty days from the date of the first name reservation application. Upon the one hundred eighty-first day the name shall cease reserve status and may not be placed back in such status.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXIII. Corporations, Associations and Partnerships § 347.025. Name may be reserved, how, time period - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mo/title-xxiii-corporations-associations-and-partnerships/mo-rev-st-347-025/
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