LLC Statement-of-Authority and Third-Party Reliance Requirements in Missouri

Short answer Missouri's current LLC Act does not provide a general statement-of-authority filing, denial, certified-copy realty effect, or automatic expiration system. The public articles instead state whether management is vested in members or managers and must provide how management is vested and who has management authority; the operating agreement supplies the detailed manager powers. Usual-business member or manager acts bind unless the actor lacks authority and the counterparty knows that fact, and a contrary authority restriction defeats binding only for a person who knows the restriction.

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Missouri

Statute checked

August 30, 2026

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3 statutes

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At a glance

Governing law, public authority device, and scope	Missouri LLC Act, RSMo §§ 347.010-.187; ordinary domestic LLC. No general statement-of-authority device. Public articles state member/manager management and how/who has management authority; § 347.065 supplies status agency and knowledge rules (§§ 347.039, .065, .079)
Eligible filer, public filing office, and form	N/A No authority-statement filer, Secretary of State record, or form. Ordinary organizers file articles; articles publicly state management form/how authority is vested, while operating agreement designates managers and detailed authority (§§ 347.039, .079, .081)
Person or position, grant or limit, and transaction scope	N/A No statutory specific-person/position public grant-or-limit statement. Articles may contain lawful operating-agreement provisions and must say how/who manages; agreement may allocate powers to members, managers, other persons/classes. Public filing carries no conclusive grant formula (§§ 347.039.3, .079, .081)
Company identity, addresses, caption, and required contents	N/A No statement name/address/caption/authority-language/affected-record/duration/realty-description contract. Articles require LLC name, purpose, registered office/agent, management form, dissolution/duration, and organizer identities; may add lawful agreement provisions (§ 347.039)
Signer, delivery, effective time, fee, and acceptance	N/A No authority-statement signer, delivery, effective-time, acceptance, declaration, or fee rule. Ordinary articles/amendments follow Secretary of State mechanics; those filings do not acquire missing authority-statement effects
Non-realty reliance, knowledge, and outsider effect	No filed-grant conclusiveness or limitation-notice rule. Usual-business member act binds unless no authority and counterparty knows. Manager-management articles remove member status agency and give managers parallel rule. Nonusual act needs agreement authorization; contrary restriction binds LLC only against person without knowledge (§ 347.065)
Realty certified copy, recording, and constructive notice	No LLC-statement certified-copy recording, conclusive realty grant, or deemed-knowledge limitation rule. General agency includes execution of an instrument, but deed form, acknowledgment, delivery, county recording, title, notice, value, good faith, and priority remain separate
Amendment, denial, cancellation, expiration, and dissolution	N/A No statement amendment, denial, cancellation, fixed expiration, renewal, dissolution cancellation, or postdissolution statement. Articles may be amended under ordinary rules; management-mode, agreement, manager, restriction, agency, and dissolution changes require their own records
No-device states, agency alternatives, and title boundaries	Use current public articles for management structure/how authority is vested, operating agreement for manager identity and private allocation, and § 347.065 for status agency and counterparty knowledge. None certifies actual/apparent authority, deed validity, title, priority, value, good faith, fraud, or protected reliance in a particular transaction

Requirements one by one

Missouri uses articles and agreement-based management, not a statement

The complete current Chapter 347 has no standalone LLC authority statement, denial, certified-copy realty record, or fixed expiration system. Under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.039, the articles state the LLC name, purpose, registered office and agent, member- or manager-management form, duration/dissolution events, and organizers. They may include other lawful operating-agreement provisions.

Under § 347.079, the articles also provide how management is vested and who has the right and authority to manage and make decisions. The operating agreement may restrict or enlarge those management rights and identifies or supplies the process for choosing managers.

Those provisions create a public management framework, not a statutory named- person or position grant with conclusive reliance, denial, or transaction-scope mechanics.

Member-managed companies use member agency

Under § 347.065.1, every member is an LLC agent for its business and affairs. A usual-business act, including execution of an instrument, binds unless the member actually lacks authority and the counterparty knows that fact.

An act outside the usual way requires operating-agreement authorization. A restriction on authority prevents binding only as to a person who knows the restriction; filing an optional articles term is not given a separate constructive-notice or conclusive-grant formula.

Manager-managed companies shift agency to managers

When the articles vest management in managers, a member acting only as a member is not an LLC agent. Every manager carries the parallel usual-business rule: the act binds unless the manager lacks authority and the counterparty knows.

The manager's detailed authority still comes from the operating agreement under § 347.079. A public management election therefore identifies the statutory agency track without certifying the outcome of a particular transaction.

Realty remains outside a separate public overlay

Section 347.065 expressly includes execution of an instrument but creates no certified authority-statement copy, recorded limitation, deemed-knowledge rule, or conclusive grant specifically for LLC real property. Deed form, acknowledgment, delivery, county recording, title, notice, priority, value, good faith, and fraud require their own law and facts.

No statement lifecycle exists

Missouri uses ordinary articles amendments and operating-agreement changes to alter its public management framework and private authority. Chapter 347 has no named-grantee authority denial, restrictive statement amendment, standalone cancellation, fixed expiration, renewal, dissolution cancellation, or labeled postdissolution authority statement.

What trips people up

The articles and operating agreement divide the work. Articles identify how and by whom management authority is vested; the agreement supplies the detailed manager powers and restrictions.
Knowledge is load-bearing. A contrary authority restriction defeats binding only against a person who knows it.
Manager names are not an ordinary articles field. Manager identity is primarily an operating-agreement and internal-record matter.
An instrument reference is not a realty statement. Section 347.065 adds no certified-copy recording or title rule.

Common questions

Can a Missouri LLC file the uniform statement of authority?

No. Chapter 347 uses public management articles, a private operating agreement, and status-based agency instead.

Does every member bind a member-managed LLC?

Each member has usual-business agency, subject to actual lack of authority and the counterparty's knowledge.

Does membership alone bind a manager-managed LLC?

No. Manager-management articles shift the statutory agency to managers.

Does Missouri require a certified authority statement for LLC realty?

Chapter 347 creates no such statement or recording effect. Separate deed and recording law still applies.

Statutes and sources

RSMo §§ 347.039 and 347.079 — public articles contents, management form, and how/who holds management authority.
RSMo § 347.065 — member/manager agency, instruments, nonusual acts, and counterparty knowledge of restrictions.

All quotations are from the current official Missouri Revisor section pages, accessed August 30, 2026.

Source links

Every statute quoted above, linked, with the date we checked it.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.039 · accessed 2026-08-30

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.065 · accessed 2026-08-30

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.079 · accessed 2026-08-30

This page is general legal information about statutory public records that may grant or limit authority to bind an ordinary domestic LLC, including filing, signing, contents, amendment, denial, cancellation, expiration, non-real-property reliance, and any certified-copy real-property recording effects, not legal, title, closing, recording, agency, transaction, contract, fraud, litigation, or due-diligence advice. A current operating agreement, articles or certificate, management form, member and manager records, resolutions, delegations, powers of attorney, filed statements, amendments, denials, cancellations, dissolution records, land records, transaction documents, value, knowledge, notice, good faith, and disputed facts can change whether anyone may act and whether another person may rely. A public filing does not necessarily prove actual or apparent authority, validate a deed or lien, establish recording priority, or eliminate the need to review later records, and some states provide no comparable public statement device. This survey does not select a signer, certify authority or title, decide where to record, or determine whether reliance is protected in a particular transaction. Verified against the cited official sources on the date shown; review the complete company and public record and obtain licensed advice before relying on or recording an authority statement.

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