Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 362

Banks and Trust Companies

←362.440

Section 362.445.1

362.450→

August 28, 2015

Process defined--director of finance to accept service of process, when--fee.

362.445. 1. The term "process", when used in this section, shall include

any writ, summons, petition, or order whereby any suit, action, or proceeding

shall be commenced.



2. Any state or federally chartered bank, trust company, or thrift

institution may be served with process according to the Missouri Rules of

Civil Procedure describing service of process for corporations.



3. Any state or federally chartered bank, trust company, or thrift

institution may appoint a Missouri service agent and register the appointment

with the director of finance who will maintain a record of all such

appointments for public reference.



4. Whenever pursuant to express provisions of this chapter, the director

shall have been duly appointed attorney to receive service of process for any

foreign corporation or out-of-state bank or trust company, he or she shall

forthwith forward by mail, postage prepaid, a copy of every process served

upon him or her directed to the president or secretary of such corporation,

at its last known post office address.



5. For each copy of process the director of revenue shall collect the sum

of ten dollars, which shall be paid by the plaintiff or moving party at the

time of such service, to be recovered by the plaintiff as part of the

plaintiff's taxable disbursement if he or she succeeds in his or her suit or

proceeding.



(RSMo 1939 § 7892, A. 1949 H.B. 2085, A.L. 2006 S.B. 892)



Prior revisions: 1929 § 5298; 1919 § 11686





1991



1991



362.445. 1. Whenever pursuant to any provision of this

chapter, the director shall have been duly appointed attorney to

receive service of process for any foreign corporation, he shall

forthwith forward by mail, postage prepaid, a copy of every

process served upon him directed to the president or secretary of

such corporation, at its last known post-office address.



2. For each copy of process the director of revenue shall

collect the sum of two dollars, which shall be paid by the

plaintiff or moving party at the time of such service, to be

recovered by him as part of his taxable disbursement if he

succeeds in his suit or proceeding.



3. The term "process", when used in this section, shall

include any writ, summons, petition or order whereby any suit,

action or proceeding shall be commenced.



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