Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.010 Name of law.
358.010. Name of law. — This chapter may be cited as "Uniform Partnership Law".
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 1)
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in effectMo. Rev. Stat. § 358.020 Definitions.
358.020. Definitions. — In this chapter:
(1) "Bankrupt" includes a debtor pursuant to a voluntary or involuntary petition filed under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or a person or entity subject to an insolvency or similar proceeding under state law;
(2) "Business" includes every trade, occupation, or profession;
(3) "Conveyance" includes every assignment, lease, mortgage, or encumbrance;
(4) "Court" includes every court and judge having jurisdiction in the case;
(5) "Foreign registered limited liability partnership" means a limited liability partnership formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of another jurisdiction and registered as a limited liability partnership under the laws of such jurisdiction;
(6) "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, domestic or foreign limited partnerships, domestic or foreign limited liability companies, domestic or foreign corporations, trusts, business trusts, real estate investment trusts, estates and other associations or business entities;
(7) "Real property" includes land and any interest or estate in land; and
(8) "Registered limited liability partnership" means a partnership formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of this state, registered pursuant to section 358.440 and complying with sections 358.450 and 358.460 .
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 2, A.L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.030 Interpretation of knowledge and notice.
358.030. Interpretation of knowledge and notice. — 1. A person has "knowledge" of a fact within the meaning of this law not only when he has actual knowledge thereof, but also when he has knowledge of such other facts as in the circumstances shows bad faith.
2. A person has "notice" of a fact within the meaning of this law when the person who claims the benefit of the notice
(1) States the fact to such person, or
(2) Delivers through the mail, or by other means of communication, a written statement of the fact to such person or to a proper person at his place of business or residence.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.040 Rules of construction.
358.040. Rules of construction. — 1. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this law.
2. The law of estoppel shall apply under this law.
3. The law of agency shall apply under this law.
4. This law shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
5. This law shall not be construed so as to impair the obligations of any contract existing when the law goes into effect, nor to affect any action or proceedings begun or right accrued before this law takes effect.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.050 Rules for cases not provided for in this law.
358.050. Rules for cases not provided for in this law. — In any case not provided for in this law the rules of law and equity, including the law merchant, shall govern.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.060 Partnership defined.
358.060. Partnership defined. — 1. A "partnership" is an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit and includes, for all purposes of the laws of this state, a registered limited liability partnership.
2. But any association formed under any other statute of this state, or any statute adopted by authority, other than the authority of this state or pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of another state, is not a partnership under this chapter, unless such association would have been a partnership in this state prior to the adoption of this chapter; but this chapter shall apply to limited partnerships except insofar as the statutes relating to such partnerships are inconsistent herewith.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 6, A.L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.065 Partnerships to register fictitious names, procedure.
358.065. Partnerships to register fictitious names, procedure. — All partnerships shall comply with the provisions of section 417.210 relating to the registration of fictitious names with the secretary of state.
(L. 1983 S.B. 367)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.070 Rules for determining the existence of a partnership.
358.070. Rules for determining the existence of a partnership. — In determining whether a partnership exists, these rules shall apply:
(1) Except as provided by section 358.160 persons who are not partners as to each other are not partners as to third persons;
(2) Joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entireties, joint property, common property, or part ownership does not of itself establish a partnership, whether such co-owners do or do not share any profits made by the use of the property;
(3) The sharing of gross returns does not of itself establish a partnership, whether or not the persons sharing them have a joint or common right or interest in any property from which the returns are derived;
(4) The receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business, but no such inference shall be drawn if such profits were received in payment:
(a) As a debt by installments or otherwise;
(b) As wages of an employee or rent to a landlord;
(c) As an annuity to a widow or representative of a deceased partner;
(d) As interest on a loan, though the amount of payment vary with the profits of the business;
(e) As the consideration for the sale of a goodwill of a business or other property by installments or otherwise.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 7) CROSS REFERENCE: Evidence of partnership, what constitutes, 490.520
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.080 Partnership property.
358.080. Partnership property. — 1. All property originally brought into the partnership stock or subsequently acquired by purchase or otherwise, on account of the partnership is partnership property.
2. Unless the contrary intention appears, property acquired with partnership funds is partnership property.
3. Any estate in real property may be acquired in the partnership name. Title so acquired can be conveyed only in the partnership name.
4. A conveyance to a partnership in the partnership name, though without words of inheritance, passes the entire estate of the grantor unless a contrary intent appears.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.090 Partner agent of partnership as to partnership business.
358.090. Partner agent of partnership as to partnership business. — 1. Every partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business, and the act of every partner, including the execution in the partnership name of any instrument, for apparently carrying on in the usual way the business of the partnership of which he is a member binds the partnership, unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter, and the person with whom he is dealing has knowledge of the fact that he has no such authority.
2. An act of a partner which is not apparently for the carrying on of the business of the partnership in the usual way does not bind the partnership unless authorized by the other partners.
3. Unless authorized by the other partners or unless they have abandoned the business, one or more but less than all the partners have no authority to
(1) Assign the partnership property in trust for creditors or on the assignee's promise to pay the debts of the partnership;
(2) Dispose of the goodwill of the business;
(3) Do any other act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of a partnership;
(4) Confess a judgment;
(5) Submit a partnership claim or liability to arbitration or reference.
4. No act of a partner in contravention of a restriction on authority shall bind the partnership to persons having knowledge of the restriction.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 9)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.100 Conveyance of real property of the partnership.
358.100. Conveyance of real property of the partnership. — 1. Where title to real property is in the partnership name, any partner may convey title to such property by a conveyance executed in the partnership name; but the partnership may recover such property unless the partner's act binds the partnership under the provisions of subsection 1 of section 358.090 , or unless such property has been conveyed by the grantee or a person claiming through such grantee to a holder for value without knowledge that the partner, in making the conveyance, has exceeded his authority.
2. Where title to real property is in the name of the partnership, a conveyance executed by a partner, in his own name, passes the equitable interest of the partnership, provided the act is one within the authority of the partner under the provisions of subsection 1 of section 358.090 .
3. Where title to real property is in the name of one or more but not all the partners, and the record does not disclose the right of the partnership, the partners in whose name the title stands may convey title to such property, but the partnership may recover such property if the partners' act does not bind the partnership under the provisions of subsection 1 of section 358.090 , unless the purchaser or his assignee, is a holder for value, without knowledge.
4. Where the title to real property is in the name of one or more or all the partners, or in a third person in trust for the partnership, a conveyance executed by a partner in the partnership name, or in his own name, passes the equitable interest of the partnership, provided the act is one within the authority of the partner under the provisions of subsection 1 of section 358.090 .
5. Where the title to real property is in the names of all the partners a conveyance executed by all the partners passes all their rights in such property.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 10)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.110 Partnership bound by admission of partner.
358.110. Partnership bound by admission of partner. — An admission or representation made by any partner concerning partnership affairs within the scope of his authority as conferred by this law is evidence against the partnership.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 11)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.120 Partnership charged with knowledge of or notice to partner.
358.120. Partnership charged with knowledge of or notice to partner. — Notice to any partner of any matter relating to partnership affairs, and the knowledge of the partner acting in the particular matter, acquired while a partner or then present to his mind, and the knowledge of any other partner who reasonably could and should have communicated it to the acting partner, operate as notice to or knowledge of the partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 12)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.130 Partnership bound by partner's wrongful act.
358.130. Partnership bound by partner's wrongful act. — Where, by any wrongful act or omission of any partner acting in the ordinary course of the business of the partnership or with the authority of his copartners, loss or injury is caused to any person, not being a partner in the partnership, or any penalty is incurred, the partnership is liable therefor to the same extent as the partner so acting or omitting to act.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 13)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.140 Partnership bound by partner's breach of trust.
358.140. Partnership bound by partner's breach of trust. — The partnership is bound to make good the loss
(1) Where one partner acting within the scope of his apparent authority receives money or property of a third person and misapplies it; and
(2) Where the partnership in the course of its business receives money or property of a third person and the money or property so received is misapplied by any partner while it is in the custody of the partnership.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 14)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.150 Nature of partner's liability.
358.150. Nature of partner's liability. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, all partners are liable jointly and severally for everything chargeable to the partnership pursuant to sections 358.130 and 358.140 , and for all other debts and obligations of the partnership. Any partner may enter into a separate obligation to perform a partnership contract.
2. Subject to subsection 3 of this section, no partner in a registered limited liability partnership shall be liable or accountable, directly or indirectly, including by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment or otherwise, for any debts, obligations and liabilities of, or chargeable to, the partnership or each other, whether in tort, contract or otherwise, which are incurred, created or assumed by such partnership while the partnership is a registered limited liability partnership.
3. Subsection 2 of this section shall not affect the liability of a partner in a registered limited liability partnership for the partner's own negligence, wrongful acts, omissions, misconduct or malpractice or the partner's liability for any taxes or fees administered by the department of revenue pursuant to chapter 143 , 144 or 301, and any liabilities owed as determined by the division of employment security, pursuant to chapter 288 , and any local taxes provided for in section 32.087 .
4. A partner is not a proper party to a proceeding by or against a registered limited liability partnership, the object of which is to recover damages or enforce obligations arising out of acts, omissions, malpractice or misconduct of the type described in subsection 2 of this section, unless the partner is personally liable pursuant to subsection 1 or 3 of this section.
5. A registered limited liability partnership may sue and be sued in its own name.
6. Venue of claims against registered limited liability partnerships shall be controlled pursuant to section 508.010 and, for purposes of venue, a registered limited liability partnership shall be deemed to be a citizen and resident of the county in which it has any office or agent for the transaction of its usual and customary business activities or in which its registered office or registered agent is located.
7. Service of process upon a registered limited liability partnership may be had by delivering a copy of the summons and petition to the partnership's registered agent, a partner, managing or general agent or by leaving the copies at any business office of the registered limited liability partnership with the person having charge thereof.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 15, A.L. 1961 p. 259, A.L. 1995 H.B. 558, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1368, A.L. 1997 H.B. 655 merged with S.B. 170, A.L. 2003 S.B. 394) CROSS REFERENCE: Suits on joint assumptions of copartners, 431.140
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.160 Partner by estoppel.
358.160. Partner by estoppel. — 1. When a person, by words spoken or written or by conduct, represents himself, or consents to another representing him to anyone, as a partner in an existing partnership or with one or more persons not actual partners, he is liable to any such person to whom such representation has been made, who has, on the faith of such representation, given credit to the actual or apparent partnership, and if he has made such representation or consented to its being made in a public manner he is liable to such person, whether the representation has or has not been made or communicated to such person so giving credit by or with the knowledge of the apparent partner making the representation or consenting to its being made.
(1) When a partnership liability results, he is liable as though he were an actual member of the partnership;
(2) When no partnership liability results, he is liable jointly with the other persons, if any, so consenting to the contract or representation as to incur liability, otherwise separately.
2. When a person has been thus represented to be a partner in an existing partnership, or with one or more persons not actual partners, he is an agent of the persons consenting to such representation to bind them to the same extent and in the same manner as though he were a partner in fact, with respect to persons who rely upon the representation. Where all the members of the existing partnership consent to the representation, a partnership act or obligation results; but in all other cases it is the joint act or obligation of the person acting and the persons consenting to the representation.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 16)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.170 Liability of incoming partner.
358.170. Liability of incoming partner. — A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is liable for all the obligations of the partnership arising before his admission as though he had been a partner when such obligations were incurred, except that this liability shall be satisfied only out of partnership property.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 17)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.180 Rules determining rights and duties of partners.
358.180. Rules determining rights and duties of partners. — The rights and duties of the partners in relation to the partnership shall be determined, subject to any agreement between them, by the following rules:
(1) Each partner shall be repaid the partner's contributions, whether by way of capital or advances to the partnership property and share equally in the profits and surplus remaining after all liabilities, including those to partners, are satisfied; and except as provided in subsection 2 of section 358.150 , each partner must contribute toward the losses, whether of capital or otherwise, sustained by the partnership according to the partner's share in the profits;
(2) The partnership must indemnify every partner in respect of payments made and personal liabilities reasonably incurred by the partner in the ordinary and proper conduct of its business, or for the preservation of its business or property;
(3) A partner, who in aid of the partnership makes any payment or advance beyond the amount of capital which the partner agreed to contribute, shall be paid interest from the date of the payment or advance;
(4) A partner shall receive interest on the capital contributed by the partner only from the date when repayment should be made;
(5) All partners have equal rights in the management and conduct of the partnership business;
(6) No partner is entitled to remuneration for acting in the partnership business, except that a surviving partner is entitled to reasonable compensation for the partner's services in winding up the partnership affairs;
(7) No person can become a member of a partnership without the consent of all the partners; and
(8) Any difference arising as to ordinary matters connected with the partnership business may be decided by a majority of the partners; but no act in contravention of any agreement between the partners may be done rightfully without the consent of all the partners.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 18, A.L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.190 Partnership books.
358.190. Partnership books. — The partnership books shall be kept, subject to any agreement between the partners, at the principal place of business of the partnership, and every partner shall at all times have access to and may inspect and copy any of them.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 19)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.200 Duty of partners to render information.
358.200. Duty of partners to render information. — Partners shall render on demand true and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or the legal representative of any deceased partner or partner under legal disability.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 20)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.210 Partner accountable as a fiduciary.
358.210. Partner accountable as a fiduciary. — 1. Every partner must account to the partnership for any benefit, and hold as trustee for it any profits derived by him without the consent of the other partners from any transaction connected with the formation, conduct, or liquidation of the partnership or from any use by him of its property.
2. This section applies also to the representatives of a deceased partner engaged in the liquidation of the affairs of the partnership as the personal representatives of the last surviving partner.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 21)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.220 Right to an account.
358.220. Right to an account. — Any partner shall have the right to a formal account as to partnership affairs:
(1) If he is wrongfully excluded from the partnership business or possession of its property by his copartners;
(2) If the right exists under the terms of any agreement;
(3) As provided by section 358.210 ;
(4) Whenever other circumstances render it just and reasonable.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.230 Continuation of partnership beyond fixed term.
358.230. Continuation of partnership beyond fixed term. — 1. When a partnership for a fixed term or particular undertaking is continued after the termination of such term or particular undertaking without any express agreement, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at such termination, so far as is consistent with a partnership at will.
2. A continuation of the business by the partners or such of them as habitually acted therein during the term, without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership affairs, is prima facie evidence of a continuation of the partnership.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 23)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.240 Extent of property rights of a partner.
358.240. Extent of property rights of a partner. — The property rights of a partner are his rights in specific partnership property, his interest in the partnership, and his right to participate in the management.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 24)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.250 Nature of a partner's right in specific partnership property.
358.250. Nature of a partner's right in specific partnership property. — 1. A partner is co-owner with his partners of specific partnership property holding as a tenant in partnership.
2. The incidents of this tenancy are such that:
(1) A partner, subject to the provisions of this law and to any agreement between the partners, has an equal right with his partners to possess specific partnership property for partnership purposes; but he has no right to possess such property for any other purpose without the consent of his partners.
(2) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not assignable except in connection with the assignment of rights of all the partners in the same property.
(3) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to attachment or execution, except on a claim against the partnership. When partnership property is attached for a partnership debt the partners, or any of them, or the representatives of a deceased partner, cannot claim any right under the homestead or exemption laws.
(4) On the death of a partner his right in specific partnership property vests in the surviving partner or partners, except where the deceased was the last surviving partner, when his right in such property vests in his legal representative. Such surviving partner or partners, or the legal representative of the last surviving partner, has no right to possess the partnership property for any but a partnership purpose.
(5) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to dower, curtesy, or allowances to widows, heirs, or next of kin.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 25)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.260 Nature of partner's interest in the partnership.
358.260. Nature of partner's interest in the partnership. — A partner's interest in the partnership is his share of the profits and surplus, and the same is personal property.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 26)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.270 Assignment of partner's interest.
358.270. Assignment of partner's interest. — 1. A conveyance by a partner of his interest in the partnership does not of itself dissolve the partnership, nor, as against the other partners in the absence of agreement, entitle the assignee, during the continuance of the partnership, to interfere in the management or administration of the partnership business or affairs, or to require any information or account of partnership transactions, or to inspect the partnership books; but it merely entitles the assignee to receive in accordance with his contract the profits to which the assigning partner would otherwise be entitled.
2. In case of a dissolution of the partnership, the assignee is entitled to receive his assignor's interest and may require an account from the date only of the last account agreed to by all the partners.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 27)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.280 Partner's interest subject to charging order.
358.280. Partner's interest subject to charging order. — 1. On due application to a competent court by any judgment creditor of a partner, the court which entered the judgment, order, or decree, or any other court, may charge the interest of the debtor partner with payment of the unsatisfied amount of such judgment debt with interest thereon; and may then or later appoint a receiver of his share of the profits, and of any other money due or to fall due to him in respect of the partnership, and make all other orders, directions, accounts and inquiries which the debtor partner might have made, or which the circumstances of the case may require.
2. The interest charged may be redeemed at any time before foreclosure, or in case of a sale being directed by the court may be purchased without thereby causing a dissolution
(1) With separate property, by any one or more of the partners; or
(2) With partnership property, by any one or more of the partners with the consent of all the partners whose interests are not so charged or sold.
3. Nothing in this chapter shall be held to deprive a partner of his right, if any, under the exemption laws, as regards his interest in the partnership.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 28)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.290 Dissolution defined.
358.290. Dissolution defined. — The "dissolution" of a partnership is the change in the relation of the partners caused by any partner ceasing to be associated in the carrying on as distinguished from the winding up of the business.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 29)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.300 Partnership not terminated by dissolution.
358.300. Partnership not terminated by dissolution. — On dissolution the partnership is not terminated but continues until the winding up of partnership affairs is completed.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 30)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.310 Causes of dissolution.
358.310. Causes of dissolution. — Dissolution is caused:
(1) Without violation of the agreement between the partners,
(a) By the termination of the definite term or particular undertaking specified in the agreement;
(b) By the express will of any partner when no definite term or particular undertaking is specified;
(c) By the express will of all the partners who have not assigned their interests or suffered them to be charged for their separate debts, either before or after the termination of any specified term or particular undertaking;
(d) By the expulsion of any partner from the business bona fide in accordance with such a power conferred by the agreement between the partners;
(2) In contravention of the agreement between the partners, where the circumstances do not permit a dissolution under any other provision of this section, by the express will of any partner at any time;
(3) By any event which makes it unlawful for the business of the partnership to be carried on or for the members to carry it on in partnership;
(4) By the death of any partner;
(5) By the bankruptcy of any partner or the partnership;
(6) By decree of court under section 358.320 .
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 31)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.320 Dissolution by decree of court.
358.320. Dissolution by decree of court. — 1. On application by or for a partner the court shall decree a dissolution whenever:
(1) A partner is shown to be mentally incapacitated;
(2) A partner becomes in any other way incapable of performing his part of the partnership contract;
(3) A partner has been guilty of such conduct as tends to affect prejudicially the carrying on of the business;
(4) A partner willfully or persistently commits a breach of the partnership agreement, or otherwise so conducts himself in matters relating to the partnership business that it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with him;
(5) The business of the partnership can only be carried on at a loss;
(6) Other circumstances render a dissolution equitable.
2. On the application of the purchaser of a partner's interest under sections 358.270 and 358.280 :
(1) After the termination of the specified term or particular undertaking;
(2) At any time if the partnership was a partnership at will when the interest was assigned or when the charging order was issued.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 32, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.330 General effect of dissolution on authority of partner.
358.330. General effect of dissolution on authority of partner. — Except so far as may be necessary to wind up partnership affairs or to complete transactions begun but not then finished, dissolution terminates all authority of any partner to act for the partnership,
(1) With respect to the partners,
(a) When the dissolution is not by the act, bankruptcy or death of a partner; or
(b) When the dissolution is by such act, bankruptcy or death of a partner, in cases where section 358.340 so requires.
(2) With respect to persons not partners, as declared in section 358.350 .
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 33)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.340 Right of partner to contribution from copartners after dissolution.
358.340. Right of partner to contribution from copartners after dissolution. — Where the dissolution is caused by the act, death or bankruptcy of a partner, each partner is liable to the partner's copartners for the partner's share of any liability created by any partner acting for the partnership as if the partnership had not been dissolved unless:
(1) The dissolution being by act of any partner, the partner acting for the partnership had knowledge of the dissolution;
(2) The dissolution being by the death or bankruptcy of a partner, the partner acting for the partnership had knowledge or notice of the death or bankruptcy; or
(3) The liability is for a debt, obligation or liability for which the partner is not liable as provided in subsection 2 of section 358.150 .
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 34, A.L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.350 Power of partner to bind partnership to third persons after dissolution.
358.350. Power of partner to bind partnership to third persons after dissolution. — 1. After dissolution a partner can bind the partnership, except as provided in subsection 3,
(1) By any act appropriate for winding up partnership affairs or completing transactions unfinished at dissolution;
(2) By any transaction which would bind the partnership if dissolution had not taken place, provided the other party to the transaction
(a) Had extended credit to the partnership prior to dissolution and had no knowledge or notice of the dissolution; or
(b) Though he had not so extended credit, had nevertheless known of the partnership prior to dissolution, and, having no knowledge or notice of dissolution, the fact of dissolution had not been advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the place, or in each place if more than one, at which the partnership business was regularly carried on.
2. The liability of a partner under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section shall be satisfied out of partnership assets alone when such partner had been prior to dissolution
(1) Unknown as a partner to the person with whom the contract is made; and
(2) So far unknown and inactive in partnership affairs that the business reputation of the partnership could not be said to have been in any degree due to his connection with it.
3. The partnership is in no case bound by any act of a partner after dissolution
(1) Where the partnership is dissolved because it is unlawful to carry on the business, unless the act is appropriate for winding up partnership affairs; or
(2) Where the partner has become bankrupt; or
(3) Where the partner has no authority to wind up partnership affairs; except by a transaction with one who
(a) Had extended credit to the partnership prior to dissolution and had no knowledge or notice of his want of authority; or
(b) Had not extended credit to the partnership prior to dissolution and, having no knowledge or notice of his want of authority, the fact of his want of authority has not been advertised in the manner provided for advertising the fact of dissolution in paragraph (b) of subdivision (2) of subsection 1.
4. Nothing in this section shall affect the liability under section 358.160 of any person who after dissolution represents himself or consents to another representing him as a partner in a partnership engaged in carrying on business.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 35)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.360 Effect of dissolution of partner's existing liability.
358.360. Effect of dissolution of partner's existing liability. — 1. The dissolution of the partnership does not of itself discharge the existing liability of any partner.
2. A partner is discharged from any existing liability upon dissolution of the partnership by an agreement to that effect between himself or herself, the partnership creditor and the person or partnership continuing the business; and such agreement may be inferred from the course of dealing between the creditor having knowledge of the dissolution and the person or partnership continuing the business.
3. Where a person agrees to assume the existing obligations of a dissolved partnership, the partners whose obligations have been assumed shall be discharged from any liability to any creditor of the partnership who, knowing of the agreement, consents to a material alteration in the nature or time of payment of such obligations.
4. The individual property of a deceased partner shall be liable for all obligations of the partnership incurred while the partner was a partner and for which the partner was liable under section 358.150 , but subject to the prior payment of the partner's separate debts.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 36, A.L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.370 Right to wind up.
358.370. Right to wind up. — Unless otherwise agreed the partners who have not wrongfully dissolved the partnership or the legal representative of the last surviving partner, not bankrupt, has the right to wind up the partnership affairs; provided, however, that any partner, his legal representative or his assignee, upon cause shown, may obtain winding up by the court.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 37) CROSS REFERENCE: Accounting and settlement with deceased partner's estate, 473.220 to 473.230
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.371 Disposal of claims, notice of dissolution.
358.371. Disposal of claims, notice of dissolution. — 1. A dissolved partnership may dispose of the known claims against it in accordance with this subsection and subsection 2 of this section. The dissolved partnership shall notify its known claimants in writing of the dissolution at any time after its effective date. The written notice shall:
(1) Describe information that must be included in a claim;
(2) Provide a mailing address where a claim may be sent;
(3) State the deadline, which may not be fewer than ninety days from the effective date of the written notice, by which the dissolved partnership must receive the claim; and
(4) State that the claim will be barred if not received by the deadline.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including laws regarding permissibility of third-party claims, a claim against a partnership dissolved without fraudulent intent is barred if either of the following occurs:
(1) A claimant who was given notice pursuant to subsection 1 of this section does not deliver the claim to the dissolved partnership by the deadline; or
(2) A claimant whose claim was rejected by the dissolved partnership does not commence a proceeding to enforce the claim within one hundred twenty days from the date of the rejection notice. For the purposes of this subsection, "claim" does not include a contingent liability or a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.
3. A dissolved partnership may dispose of the unknown claims against it by filing a notice of winding up in accordance with this subsection and subsection 4 of this section. The notice of winding up shall:
(1) Contain a request that persons with claims against the partnership present them in accordance with the notice of winding up;
(2) Describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and
(3) State that a claim against the partnership will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within three years after the publication of the notice.
4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including laws regarding permissibility of third-party claims, if a partnership dissolved without fraudulent intent files a notice of winding up in accordance with subsection 3 of this section, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved partnership within three years after the date the notice of winding up was filed:
(1) A claimant who did not receive written notice pursuant to subsection 1 of this section;
(2) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved partnership but not acted on; or
(3) A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.
5. A claim may be enforced pursuant to this section:
(1) Against the dissolved partnership, to the extent of its undistributed assets; or
(2) If the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against a partner of the dissolved partnership to the extent of the partner's pro rata share of the claim or the partnership assets distributed to the partner in liquidation, whichever is less, but a partner's total liability for all claims pursuant to this section shall not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the partner in liquidation.
6. For the purposes of this section, "fraudulent intent" shall be established if it is shown that the sole or primary purpose of the dissolution was to defraud partners, creditors or others.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, except as provided in subsection 8 of this section, a claim against a partnership dissolved pursuant to this chapter for which claim the partnership has a contract of insurance which will indemnify the partnership for any adverse result from such claim:
(1) Is not subject to the provisions of subsections 1 to 6 of this section and may not be barred by compliance with subsections 1 to 6 of this section;
(2) May be asserted at any time within the statutory period otherwise provided by law for such claims;
(3) May be asserted against, and service of process had upon, the dissolved or dissolving partnership for whom the court, at the request of the party bringing the suit, shall appoint a defendant ad litem.
8. Judgments obtained in suits filed and prosecuted pursuant to subsection 7 of this section shall only be enforceable against one or more contracts of insurance issued to the partnership, its officers, directors, agents, servants or employees, indemnifying them, or any of them, against such claims.
(L. 1997 H.B. 655 merged with S.B. 170) Effective 6-24-97 (H.B. 655); 5-20-97 (S.B. 170)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.380 Rights of partners to application of partnership property.
358.380. Rights of partners to application of partnership property. — 1. When dissolution is caused in any way, except in contravention of the partnership agreement, each partner, as against his copartners and all persons claiming through them in respect of their interests in the partnership, unless otherwise agreed, may have the partnership property applied to discharge its liabilities, and the surplus applied to pay in cash the net amount owing to the respective partners. But if dissolution is caused by expulsion of a partner, bona fide under the partnership agreement and if the expelled partner is discharged from all partnership liabilities, either by payment or agreement under subsection 2 of section 358.360 , he shall receive in cash only the net amount due him from the partnership.
2. When dissolution is caused in contravention of the partnership agreement the rights of the partners shall be as follows:
(1) Each partner who has not caused dissolution wrongfully shall have
(a) All the rights specified in subsection 1 of this section; and
(b) The right, as against each partner who has caused the dissolution wrongfully, to damages for breach of the agreement.
(2) The partners who have not caused the dissolution wrongfully, if they all desire to continue the business in the same name, either by themselves or jointly with others, may do so, during the agreed term for the partnership and for that purpose may possess the partnership property, provided they secure the payment by bond approved by the court, or pay to any partner who has caused the dissolution wrongfully, the value of his interest in the partnership at the dissolution, less any damages recoverable under paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of this section, and in like manner indemnify him against all present or future partnership liabilities.
(3) A partner who has caused the dissolution wrongfully shall have:
(a) If the business is not continued under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 2 all the rights of a partner under subsection 1, subject to paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2, of this section;
(b) If the business is continued under subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section the right as against his copartners and all claiming through them in respect of their interests in the partnership, to have the value of his interests in the partnership, less any damages caused to his copartners by the dissolution, ascertained and paid to him in cash, or the payment secured by bond approved by the court, and to be released from all existing liabilities of the partnership; but in ascertaining the value of the partner's interest the value of the goodwill of the business shall not be considered.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 38)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.390 Rights where partnership is dissolved for fraud or misrepresentation.
358.390. Rights where partnership is dissolved for fraud or misrepresentation. — Where a partnership contract is rescinded on the ground of the fraud or misrepresentation of one of the parties thereto, the party entitled to rescind is, without prejudice to any other right, entitled,
(1) To a lien on, or right of retention of, the surplus of the partnership property after satisfying the partnership liabilities to third persons for any sum of money paid by him for the purchase of an interest in the partnership and for any capital or advances contributed by him; and
(2) To stand, after all liabilities to third persons have been satisfied, in the place of the creditors of the partnership for any payments made by him in respect of the partnership liabilities; and
(3) To be indemnified by the person guilty of the fraud or making the representation against all debts and liabilities of the partnership.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 39)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.400 Rules for distribution.
358.400. Rules for distribution. — In settling accounts between the partners after dissolution, the following rules shall be observed, subject to any agreement to the contrary:
(1) The assets of the partnership are:
(a) The partnership property; and
(b) The contributions of the partners specified in subdivision (4) of this section.
(2) The liabilities of the partnership shall rank in order of payment, as follows:
(a) Those owing to creditors other than partners;
(b) Those owing to partners other than for capital and profits;
(c) Those owing to partners in respect of capital;
(d) Those owing to partners in respect of profits.
(3) The assets shall be applied in the order of their declaration in subdivision (1) of this section to the satisfaction of the liabilities.
(4) Except as provided in subsection 2 of section 358.150 :
(a) The partners shall contribute as provided by subdivision (1) of section 358.180 the amount necessary to satisfy the liabilities; and
(b) If any, but not all, of the partners are insolvent, or, not being subject to process, refuse to contribute, the other partners shall contribute their share of the liabilities, and, in the relative proportions in which they share the profits, the additional amount necessary to pay the liabilities.
(5) An assignee for the benefit of creditors or any person appointed by the court shall have the right to enforce the contributions specified in subdivision (4) of this section.
(6) Any partner or the partner's legal representative shall have the right to enforce the contributions specified in subdivision (4) of this section, to the extent of the amount which the partner has paid in excess of the partner's share of the liability.
(7) The individual property of a deceased partner shall be liable for the contributions specified in subdivision (4) of this section.
(8) When partnership property and the individual properties of the partners are in possession of a court for distribution, partnership creditors shall have priority on partnership property and separate creditors on individual property, saving the rights of lien or secured creditors as heretofore.
(9) Where a partner has become bankrupt or the partner's estate is insolvent the claims against the partner's separate property shall rank in the following order:
(a) Those owing to separate creditors;
(b) Those owing to partnership creditors;
(c) Those owing to partners by way of contribution.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 40, A.L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.410 Liability of persons continuing the business in certain cases.
358.410. Liability of persons continuing the business in certain cases. — 1. When any new partner is admitted into an existing partnership, or when any partner retires and assigns, or the representative of the deceased partner assigns, his rights in partnership property to two or more of the partners, or to one or more of the partners and one or more third persons, if the business is continued without liquidation of the partnership affairs, creditors of the first or dissolved partnership are also creditors of the partnership so continuing the business.
2. When all but one partner retire and assign, or the representative of a deceased partner assigns, their rights in partnership property to the remaining partner, who continues the business without liquidation of partnership affairs, either alone or with others, creditors of the dissolved partnership are also creditors of the person or partnership so continuing the business.
3. When any partner retires or dies and the business of the dissolved partnership is continued as set forth in subsections 1 and 2 of this section, with the consent of the retired partners or the representative of the deceased partner, but without any assignment of his right in partnership property, rights of creditors of the dissolved partnership and of the creditors of the person or partnership continuing the business shall be as if such assignment had been made.
4. When all the partners or their representatives assign their rights in partnership property to one or more third persons who promise to pay the debts and who continue the business of the dissolved partnership, creditors of the dissolved partnership are also creditors of the person or partnership continuing the business.
5. When any partner wrongfully causes a dissolution and the remaining partners continue the business under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 358.380 , either alone or with others, and without liquidation of the partnership affairs, creditors of the dissolved partnership are also creditors of the person or partnership continuing the business.
6. When a partner is expelled and the remaining partners continue the business either alone or with others, without liquidation of the partnership affairs, creditors of the dissolved partnership are also creditors of the person or partnership continuing the business.
7. The liability of a third person becoming a partner in the partnership continuing the business, under this section, to the creditors of the dissolved partnership shall be satisfied out of partnership property only.
8. When the business of a partnership after dissolution is continued under any conditions set forth in this section the creditors of the dissolved partnership, as against the separate creditors of the retiring or deceased partner or the representative of the deceased partner, have a prior right to any claim of the retired partner or the representative of the deceased partner against the person or partnership continuing the business, on account of the retired or deceased partner's interest in the dissolved partnership or on account of any consideration promised for such interest or for his right in partnership property.
9. Nothing in this section shall be held to modify any right of creditors to set aside any assignment on the ground of fraud.
10. The use by the person or partnership continuing the business of the partnership name, or the name of a deceased partner as part thereof, shall not of itself make the individual property of the deceased partner liable for any debts contracted by such person or partnership.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 41)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.420 Rights of retiring or estate of deceased partner when the business is ...
358.420. Rights of retiring or estate of deceased partner when the business is continued. — When any partner retires or dies, and the business is continued under any of the conditions set forth in subsections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of section 358.410 , or subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 358.380 without any settlement of accounts as between him or his estate and the person or partnership continuing the business, unless otherwise agreed, he or his legal representative as against such persons or partnership may have the value of his interest at the date of dissolution ascertained, and shall receive as an ordinary creditor an amount equal to the value of his interest in the dissolved partnership with interest, or, at his option or at the option of his legal representative, in lieu of interest, the profits attributable to the use of his right in the property of the dissolved partnership; provided that the creditors of the dissolved partnership as against the separate creditors, or the representative of the retired or deceased partner, shall have priority on any claim arising under this section, as provided by subsection 8 of section 358.410 .
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 42)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.430 Accrual of actions.
358.430. Accrual of actions. — The right to an account of his interest shall accrue to any partner, or his legal representative, as against the winding up partners or the surviving partners or the person or partnership continuing the business, at the date of dissolution, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary.
(L. 1949 p. 506 § 43)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.440 Registration as a limited liability partnership - renewals - withdrawal of ...
358.440. Registration as a limited liability partnership — renewals — withdrawal of registration — amendment — revocation, effect — fees — false statements, penalty — foreign partnership requirements. — 1. To register as a limited liability partnership pursuant to this section, a written application shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state. The application shall set forth:
(1) The name of the partnership;
(2) The address of a registered office and the name and address of a registered agent for service of process required to be maintained by section 358.470 ;
(3) The number of partners in the partnership at the date of application;
(4) A brief statement of the principal business in which the partnership engages;
(5) That the partnership thereby applies for registration as a registered limited liability partnership; and
(6) Any other information the partnership determines to include in the application.
2. The application shall be signed on behalf of the partnership by a majority of the partners or by one or more partners authorized by a majority in interest of the partners to sign the application on behalf of the partnership.
3. The application shall be accompanied by a fee payable to the secretary of state of twenty-five dollars for each partner of the partnership, but the fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars. All moneys from the payment of this fee shall be deposited into the general revenue fund.
4. A person who files a document according to this section as an agent or fiduciary need not exhibit evidence of the partner's authority as a prerequisite to filing. Any signature on such document may be a facsimile. If the secretary of state finds that the filing conforms to law, the secretary of state shall:
(1) Endorse on the copy the word "Filed" and the month, day and year of the filing;
(2) File the original in the secretary of state's office; and
(3) Return the copy to the person who filed it or to the person's representative.
5. A partnership becomes a registered limited liability partnership on the date of the filing in the office of the secretary of state of an application that, as to form, meets the requirements of subsections 1 and 2 of this section and that is accompanied by the fee specified in subsection 3 of this section, or at any later time specified in the application.
6. An initial application filed under subsection 1 of this section by a partnership registered by the secretary of state as a limited liability partnership expires one year after the date of registration unless earlier withdrawn or revoked or unless renewed in accordance with subsection 9 of this section.
7. If a person is included in the number of partners of a registered limited liability partnership set forth in an application, a renewal application or a certificate of amendment of an application or a renewal application, the inclusion of such person shall not be admissible as evidence in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, for the purpose of determining whether such person is liable as a partner of such registered limited liability partnership. The status of a partnership as a registered limited liability partnership and the liability of a partner of such registered limited liability partnership shall not be adversely affected if the number of partners stated in an application, a renewal application or a certificate of amendment of an application or a renewal application is erroneously stated provided that the application, renewal application or certificate of amendment of an application or a renewal application was filed in good faith.
8. Any person who files an application or a renewal application in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall not be required to file any other documents pursuant to chapter 417 which requires filing for fictitious names.
9. An effective registration may be renewed before its expiration by filing in duplicate with the secretary of state an application containing current information of the kind required in an initial application, including the registration number as assigned by the secretary of state. The renewal application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars on the date of renewal plus, if the renewal increases the number of partners, fifty dollars for each partner added, but the fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars. All moneys from such fees shall be deposited into the general revenue fund. A renewal application filed under this section continues an effective registration for one year after the date the effective registration would otherwise expire.
10. A registration may be withdrawn by filing with the secretary of state a written withdrawal notice signed on behalf of the partnership by a majority of the partners or by one or more partners authorized by a majority of the partners to sign the notice on behalf of the partnership. A withdrawal notice shall include the name of the partnership, the date of registration of the partnership's last application under this section, and a current street address of the partnership's principal office in this state or outside the state, as applicable. A withdrawal notice terminates the registration of the partnership as a limited liability partnership as of the date of filing the notice in the office of the secretary of state. The withdrawal notice shall be accompanied by a filing fee of twenty dollars.
11. If a partnership that has registered pursuant to this section ceases to be registered as provided in subsection 6 or 10 of this section, that fact shall not affect the status of the partnership as a registered limited liability partnership prior to the date the partnership ceased to be registered pursuant to this section.
12. A document filed under this section may be amended or corrected by filing with the secretary of state articles of amendment, signed by a majority of the partners or by one or more partners authorized by a majority of the partners. The articles of amendment shall contain:
(1) The name of the partnership;
(2) The identity of the document being amended;
(3) The part of the document being amended; and
(4) The amendment or correction.
The articles of amendment shall be accompanied by a filing fee of twenty dollars plus, if the amendment increases the number of partners, fifty dollars for each partner added, but the fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars; provided that no amendment of an application or a renewal application is required as a result of a change after the application or renewal application is filed in the number of partners of the registered limited liability partnership or in the business in which the registered limited liability partnership engages. All moneys from such fees shall be deposited into the general revenue fund. The status of a partnership as a registered limited liability partnership shall not be affected by changes after the filing of an application or a renewal application in the information stated in the application or renewal application.
13. No later than ninety days after the happening of any of the following events, an amendment to an application or a renewal application reflecting the occurrence of the event or events shall be executed and filed by a majority in interest of the partners or by one or more partners authorized by a majority of the partners to execute an amendment to the application or renewal application:
(1) A change in the name of the registered limited liability partnership;
(2) Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 of section 358.470 , a change in the address of the registered office or a change in the name or address of the registered agent of the registered limited liability partnership.
14. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or in the certificate of amendment of an application or a renewal application, a certificate of amendment of an application or a renewal application or a withdrawal notice of an application or a renewal application shall be effective at the time of its filing with the secretary of state.
15. The secretary of state may provide forms for the application specified in subsection 1 of this section, the renewal application specified in subsection 9 of this section, the withdrawal notice specified in subsection 10 of this section, and the amendment or correction specified in subsection 12 of this section.
16. The secretary of state may remove from its active records the registration of a partnership whose registration has been withdrawn, revoked or has expired.
17. The secretary of state may revoke the filing of a document filed under this section if the secretary of state determines that the filing fee for the document was paid by an instrument that was dishonored when presented by the state for payment. The secretary of state shall return the document and give notice of revocation to the filing party by regular mail. Failure to give or receive notice does not invalidate the revocation. A revocation of a filing does not affect an earlier filing.
18. If any person signs a document required or permitted to be filed pursuant to sections 358.440 to 358.500 which the person knows is false in any material respect with the intent that the document be delivered on behalf of a partnership to the secretary of state for filing, such person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Unintentional errors in the information set forth in an application filed pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, or changes in the information after the filing of the application, shall not affect the status of a partnership as a registered limited liability partnership.
19. Before transacting business in this state, a foreign registered limited liability partnership shall:
(1) Comply with any statutory or administrative registration or filing requirements governing the specific type of business in which the partnership is engaged; and
(2) Register as a limited liability partnership as provided in this section by filing an application which shall, in addition to the other matters required to be set forth in such application, include a statement:
(a) That the secretary is irrevocably appointed the agent of the foreign limited liability partnership for service of process if the limited liability partnership fails to maintain a registered agent in this state or if the agent cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and
(b) Of the address of the office required to be maintained in the jurisdiction of its organization by the laws of that jurisdiction or, if not so required, of the principal office of the foreign limited liability partnership.
20. A partnership that registers as a limited liability partnership shall not be deemed to have dissolved as a result thereof and is for all purposes the same partnership that existed before the registration and continues to be a partnership under the laws of this state. If a registered limited liability partnership dissolves, a partnership which is a successor to such registered limited liability partnership and which intends to be a registered limited liability partnership shall not be required to file a new registration and shall be deemed to have filed any documents required or permitted under this chapter which were filed by the predecessor partnership.
21. Fees mandated in subsection 3 of this section shall be waived if a general partner of the partnership is a member of the Missouri National Guard or any other active duty military, resides in the state of Missouri, and provides proof of such service to the secretary of state.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558, A.L. 1997 H.B. 655 merged with S.B. 170, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664, A.L. 2014 S.B. 600)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.450 Registered limited liability partnership, L.L.P. or LLP to be used as last ...
358.450. Registered limited liability partnership, L.L.P. or LLP to be used as last words or letters in partnership name. — 1. The name of a partnership registered pursuant to section 358.440 and the name of a foreign registered limited liability partnership doing business in this state shall contain the words "Registered Limited Liability Partnership" or the abbreviation "L.L.P." or "LLP" as the last words or letters of its name.
2. The name of a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership shall be such as to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the secretary of state from the name of any corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, business trust, registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of this state or qualified to do business or registered as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability company in this state; provided, however, that a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership may register under any name which is not such as to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the secretary of state from the name of any domestic or foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, business trust or registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of this state with the written consent of the other corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, business trust or registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership, which written consent shall be filed with the secretary of state.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.460 Reservation of exclusive right to use of a name, procedure to reserve, time ...
358.460. Reservation of exclusive right to use of a name, procedure to reserve, time period — fee — transfer of name permitted — cancellation, procedure, fee. — 1. The exclusive right to the use of a name of a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership may be reserved by:
(1) Any person intending to become a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership under this chapter and to adopt that name; and
(2) Any registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership which proposes to change its name.
2. The reservation of a specified name shall be made by filing with the secretary of state an application, executed by the applicant, specifying the name to be reserved and the name and address of the applicant. If the secretary of state finds that the name is available for use by a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership, the secretary of state shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of sixty days. 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 shall not be placed back in such status. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing in the office of the secretary of state a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, specifying the name to be transferred and the name and address of the transferee. The reservation of a specified name may be cancelled by filing with the secretary of state a notice of cancellation, executed by the applicant or transferee, specifying the name reservation to be cancelled and the name and address of the applicant or transferee.
3. A fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to the secretary of state upon receipt for filing of an application for reservation of name, an application for renewal of reservation or a notice of transfer or cancellation pursuant to this section. All moneys from the payment of this fee shall be deposited into the general revenue fund.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.470 Partnership must maintain an office and registered agent in state - change ...
358.470. Partnership must maintain an office and registered agent in state — change of office address or agent, procedure — fees — failure to appoint successor agent, cancellation of partnership. — 1. Each registered limited liability partnership and each foreign registered limited liability partnership shall have and maintain in the state of Missouri:
(1) A registered office, which may, but need not be, a place of its business in the state of Missouri; and
(2) A registered agent for service of process on the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership, which agent may be either an individual resident of the state of Missouri whose business office is identical with the registered limited liability partnership's or foreign registered limited liability partnership's registered office, or a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the state of Missouri, having a business office identical with such registered office or the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership itself.
2. A registered agent may change the address of the registered office of the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships for which the agent is the registered agent to another address in the state of Missouri by paying a fee in the amount of ten dollars, and a further fee in the amount of two dollars for each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, to the secretary of state and filing with the secretary of state a certificate, executed by such registered agent, setting forth the names of all the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships represented by such registered agent, and the address at which such registered agent has maintained the registered office for each of such registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships, and further certifying to the new address to which such registered office will be changed on a given day, and at which new address such registered agent will thereafter maintain the registered office for each of the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships recited in the certificate. Upon the filing of such certificate, the secretary of state shall furnish to the registered agent a certified copy of the same under the secretary of state's hand and seal of office, and thereafter, or until further change of address, as authorized by law, the registered office in the state of Missouri of each of the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships recited in the certificate shall be located at the new address of the registered agent thereof as given in the certificate. In the event of a change of name of any person acting as a registered agent of a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership, such registered agent shall file with the secretary of state a certificate, executed by such registered agent, setting forth the new name of such registered agent, the name of such registered agent before it was changed, the names of all the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships represented by such registered agent, and the address at which such registered agent has maintained the registered office for each of such registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships, and shall pay a fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars, and a further fee in the amount of two dollars for each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, to the secretary of state. Upon the filing of such certificate, the secretary of state shall furnish to the registered agent a certified copy of the same under the secretary of state's hand and seal of office. Filing a certificate under this section shall be deemed to be an amendment of the application, renewal application or notice filed pursuant to subsection 19 of section 358.440 , as the case may be, of each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, and each such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership shall not be required to take any further action with respect thereto to amend its application, renewal application or notice filed, as the case may be, pursuant to section 358.440 . Any registered agent filing a certificate under this section shall promptly, upon such filing, deliver a copy of any such certificate to each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby.
3. The registered agent of one or more registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships may resign and appoint a successor registered agent by paying a fee in the amount of fifty dollars, and a further fee in the amount of two dollars for each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, to the secretary of state and filing a certificate with the secretary of state, stating that it resigns and the name and address of the successor registered agent. There shall be attached to such certificate a statement executed by each affected registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership ratifying and approving such change of registered agent. Upon such filing, the successor registered agent shall become the registered agent of such registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships as have ratified and approved such substitution and the successor registered agent's address, as stated in such certificate, shall become the address of each such registered limited liability partnership's or foreign registered limited liability partnership's registered office in the state of Missouri. The secretary of state shall furnish to the successor registered agent a certified copy of the certificate of resignation. Filing of such certificate of resignation shall be deemed to be an amendment of the application, renewal application or notice filed pursuant to subsection 19 of section 358.440 , as the case may be, of each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, and each such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership shall not be required to take any further action with respect thereto, to amend its application, renewal application or notice filed pursuant to subsection 19 of section 358.440 , as the case may be, pursuant to section 358.440 .
4. The registered agent of a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership may resign without appointing a successor registered agent by paying a fee in the amount of ten dollars to the secretary of state and filing a certificate with the secretary of state stating that it resigns as registered agent for the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership identified in the certificate, but such resignation shall not become effective until one hundred twenty days after the certificate is filed. There shall be attached to such certificate an affidavit of such registered agent, if an individual, or the president, a vice president or the secretary thereof if a corporation, that at least thirty days prior to and on or about the date of the filing of the certificate, notices were sent by certified or registered mail to the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership for which such registered agent is resigning as registered agent, at the principal office thereof within or outside the state of Missouri, if known to such registered agent or, if not, to the last known address of the attorney or other individual at whose request such registered agent was appointed for such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership, of the resignation of such registered agent. After receipt of the notice of the resignation of its registered agent, the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership for which such registered agent was acting shall obtain and designate a new registered agent, to take the place of the registered agent so resigning. If such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership fails to obtain and designate a new registered agent prior to the expiration of the period of one hundred twenty days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the application, renewal application or notice filed pursuant to subsection 19 of section 358.440 of such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership shall be deemed to be cancelled.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.480 Filing with secretary of state becomes notice of all facts in applications, ...
358.480. Filing with secretary of state becomes notice of all facts in applications, renewals or certificate of amendment. — The fact that an application, a renewal application, a certificate of amendment of an application, or a renewal application is on file in the office of the secretary of state is notice that the partnership is a registered limited liability partnership and is notice of all other facts set forth in the renewal application or certificate of amendment of an application or a renewal application.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.490 Fees charged for copies of partnership papers filed with secretary of state ...
358.490. Fees charged for copies of partnership papers filed with secretary of state — certificate of good standing of partnership may be issued by secretary of state, fee. — 1. A fee in the amount of five dollars shall be paid to the secretary of state for a certified copy of any paper on file as provided for by this chapter in a written electronic format. One dollar for each additional page shall be paid to the secretary of state for written requests. Moneys from such fees shall be paid into the general revenue fund.
2. The secretary of state may issue certificates of good standing relating to the registered limited liability partnerships in a written or electronic format for a fee in the amount of five dollars, except that for issuing an abstract that recites all of the registered limited liability partnership's filings with the secretary of state, a fee of five dollars shall be paid to the secretary of state.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.500 Legal existence of a registered limited liability partnership to be ...
358.500. Legal existence of a registered limited liability partnership to be recognized — partnership formed in other jurisdictions, effect. — 1. A partnership, including a registered limited liability partnership, formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of this state may conduct its business, carry on its operations, and have and exercise the powers granted by this chapter in any state, territory, district or possession of the United States or in any foreign country.
2. The legal existence of a registered limited liability partnership formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of this state shall be recognized outside this state and the laws of this state governing such a registered limited liability partnership shall be granted full faith and credit under the Constitution of the United States.
3. The internal affairs of a partnership, including a registered limited liability partnership, formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of this state, including the liability of partners for debts, obligations, and liabilities of or chargeable to the partnership, shall be subject to and governed by the laws of this state.
4. The internal affairs of a partnership, including a limited liability partnership, formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of another jurisdiction, including the liability of partners for debts, obligations and liabilities of, or chargeable to the partnership, shall be subject to, and governed by, the laws of such other jurisdiction.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.501 Additional five dollars on every fee charged to partnership collected by ...
358.501. Additional five dollars on every fee charged to partnership collected by secretary of state, where deposited. — The secretary of state may collect an additional fee of five dollars on each and every fee required in this chapter relating to limited liability partnerships. All fees collected as provided in this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the secretary of state's technology trust fund account.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.510 Domestic limited partnership may become a registered limited liability ...
358.510. Domestic limited partnership may become a registered limited liability limited partnership by compliance with requirements, effect — foreign limited partnerships, registration, effect. — 1. A domestic limited partnership may become a registered limited liability limited partnership by complying with the applicable provisions of the Missouri uniform limited partnership act, chapter 359 , and by registering as a registered limited liability limited partnership under this chapter. A general partner in a limited partnership that has so registered as a registered limited liability limited partnership shall be accorded all the limited liability protection of a partner in a general partnership registered as a registered limited liability partnership under this chapter.
2. A foreign limited partnership that may register as a limited liability limited partnership or its equivalent pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and has so registered in such jurisdiction, may become a registered limited liability limited partnership by complying with the applicable provisions of chapter 359 and by registering as a registered limited liability limited partnership pursuant to this chapter. A general partner in a foreign limited partnership that has registered as a registered limited liability limited partnership shall have the same limited liability protection as a partner in a registered limited liability partnership pursuant to the laws of such foreign jurisdiction.
(L. 1995 H.B. 558, A.L. 1997 H.B. 655 merged with S.B. 170, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1228 merged with S.B. 680 merged with S.B. 844)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.520 Merger or consolidation of a domestic general partnership, authorization.
358.520. Merger or consolidation of a domestic general partnership, authorization. — 1. Pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation, a domestic general partnership may merge or consolidate with or into one or more general partnerships formed under the laws of this state or any other jurisdiction, with such general partnership as the agreement shall provide being the surviving or resulting general partnership. A domestic general partnership may merge or consolidate with one or more domestic or foreign limited partnerships, limited liability companies, trusts, business trusts, corporations, real estate investment trusts and other associations or business entities at least one of which is not a general partnership, as provided in sections 347.700 to 347.735 .
2. The agreement of merger or consolidation shall be approved by the number or percentage of partners specified in the partnership agreement. If the partnership agreement fails to specify the required partner approval for merger or consolidation of the general partnership, then the agreement of merger or consolidation shall be approved by that number or percentage of partners specified by the partnership agreement to approve an amendment to the partnership agreement. However, if the merger effects a change for which the partnership agreement requires a greater number or percentage of partners than that required to amend the partnership agreement, then the merger or consolidation shall be approved by that greater number or percentage. If the partnership agreement contains no provision specifying the vote required to amend the partnership agreement, then the agreement of merger must be approved by all the partners.
3. In the case of a merger or consolidation of one or more domestic partnerships into a surviving partnership, the surviving partnership shall file articles of merger or consolidation with the secretary of state setting forth:
(1) The name of each party to the merger or consolidation;
(2) The effective date of the merger or consolidation which shall be the date the articles of merger or consolidation are filed with the secretary of state or on a later date set forth in the articles of merger or consolidation not to exceed ninety days after the filing date;
(3) The name of the surviving partnership in a merger or the new partnership in a consolidation and the state of its formation;
(4) A statement that the merger or consolidation was authorized and approved by the partners of each party to the merger or consolidation in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where it was organized;
(5) If applicable, the address of the registered office and the name of the registered agent at such office for the surviving or new partnership;
(6) A statement that the executed agreement of merger or consolidation is on file at the principal place of business of the surviving or new partnership, stating the address of such place of business; and
(7) A statement that a copy of the agreement of merger or consolidation will be furnished by the surviving or new partnership, on request and without cost, to any partner of any entity that is a party to the merger or consolidation.
4. The certificate of merger or consolidation shall be executed by at least one general partner of each domestic partnership and one authorized agent, or its equivalent, for the other party to the merger or consolidation who is duly authorized to execute such notice.
5. If, following a merger or consolidation of one or more domestic partnerships and one or more partnerships formed under the laws of any state, the surviving or resulting partnership is not a domestic partnership, there shall be attached to the articles of merger or consolidation filed pursuant to subsection 3 of this section a certificate executed by the surviving or resulting partnership, stating that such surviving or resulting partnership may be served with process in this state in any action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any obligation of such domestic partnership, irrevocably appointing the secretary of state as such surviving or resulting partnership's agent to accept service of process in any such action, suit or proceeding and specifying the address to which a copy of such process shall be mailed to such surviving or resulting partnership to the secretary of state.
6. When the articles of merger or consolidation required by subsection 3 of this section shall have become effective, for all purposes of the laws of this state, all the rights, privileges, franchises and powers of each of the partnerships that have merged or consolidated, and all property, real, personal, and mixed, and all debts due to any of such partnerships, as well as all other things and causes of action belonging to each of such partnerships shall be vested in the surviving or resulting partnership, and shall thereafter be the property of the surviving or resulting partnership as they were of each of the partnerships that have merged or consolidated, and the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise, under the laws of this state, in any such partnerships, shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of this section; but all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of any such partnerships shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of each of the partnerships that have merged or consolidated shall thenceforth attach to the surviving or resulting partnership, and may be enforced against such surviving or resulting partnership to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities, and duties had been incurred or contracted by such surviving or resulting partnership.
(L. 1997 H.B. 655 merged with S.B. 170, A.L. 2003 S.B. 394)
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