2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXIV BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 376 Life, Health and Accident Insurance
Section 376.070. To be submitted to attorney general.

376.070. Whenever the corporators have filed the declaration required by section 376.050 and also the proof of publication therein required by the affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper in which the publication was made, his foreman or clerk, with the director of the department of insurance, financial institutions and professional registration, the director shall submit the declaration to the attorney general of this state for examination, and if it is found by him to be in accordance with the provisions of sections 376.010 to 376.670 and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state and the United States, he shall so certify and deliver it back to the director. The director shall cause the declaration and affidavit, with the certificate of the attorney general, to be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, and furnish a certified copy of the same to the corporators, and also file a certified copy of the same with the secretary of state, who, upon payment to the director of revenue of the tax required by section 351.065, shall issue a certificate of incorporation, upon the receipt of which they become a body politic and corporate, and may proceed to organize in the manner set forth in their charter, and to open books for subscription to the capital stock of the company, and keep the same open until the whole amount specified in the charter is subscribed. No company shall issue policies or transact any business of any kind or nature whatsoever, except as aforesaid, until it has fully complied with the requirements of sections 376.010 to 376.670.

(RSMo 1939 5805, A.L. 1957 p. 212)

Prior revisions: 1929 5695; 1919 6106; 1909 6900

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