489.203  Signing of records to be delivered for filing to secretary of state.
  1.  A record delivered to the secretary of state for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:
  a.  Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs “b” and “c”, a record signed by a limited liability company must be signed by a person authorized by the company.
  b.  A limited liability company’s initial certificate of organization must be signed by at least one person acting as an organizer.
  c.  A record delivered on behalf of a dissolved limited liability company that has no member must be signed by the person winding up the company’s activities and affairs under section 489.702, subsection 3, or a person appointed under section 489.702, subsection 4, to wind up the activities and affairs.
  d.  A statement of denial by a person under section 489.303 must be signed by that person.
  e.  Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the secretary of state for filing must be signed by that person.
  2.  A record delivered for filing under this chapter may be signed by an agent. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.
  3.  A person that signs a record as an agent or legal representative affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.
2008 Acts, ch 1162, §20, 155; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §23, 161
Referred to in §489.211A
2023 amendment effective January 1, 2024; 2023 Acts, ch 152, §161
Section amended