Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXIII. Corporations, Associations and Partnerships § 356.231. Certificates of authority, required, exceptions--foreign corporations may be granted certificates of authority, requirements

(1) Maintaining or defending any action or suit or any administrative or arbitration proceeding directly involving the corporation, or effecting the settlement thereof or the settlement of claims or disputes;

(2) Holding meetings of its directors or shareholders or carrying on other activities concerning its internal affairs;

(3) Maintaining bank accounts;

(4) Borrowing money or creating evidences of debt, mortgage or lien on or other security interest in real or personal property;

(5) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing any rights in property securing the same;

(6) Conducting an isolated transaction that is not repeated on any type of recurring or regular basis.

(1) The name of the corporation meets the requirements of sections 356.011 to 356.261;

(2) The corporation is organized only for purposes for which a professional corporation organized under sections 356.011 to 356.261 may be organized; and

(3) All the shareholders, at least a majority of the directors and all the officers other than the secretary and treasurer of the corporation are qualified persons with respect to the corporation.