Missouri § 262.400 - Recording of incorporation order.
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§ 262.400. Recording of incorporation order.
A duly authenticated copy of the order of the county commission, provided for in section 262.290, shall be filed and recorded in such manner as conveyances of land are by law directed to be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of such county within three months after such order shall be made. No society organized by virtue of sections 262.290 to 262.540 shall be authorized to do business as such society until such duly authenticated copy shall have been filed and recorded in the manner herein set out.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14172)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12495; 1919 § 12064; 1909 § 696
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