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Missouri Voting Rules for Boards and Members

What Missouri's statutes say about board votes, emergencies, meetings, and member ballots, as Qwibie summarizes them, with the citation for each.

Can the Board Vote without a Meeting?

Companies

A Missouri business corporation's board may act without a meeting if every director consents in writing or by electronic transmission; the consents are filed with the minutes.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
Citation
RSMo §351.340.2 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

What about an Emergency between Meetings?

Companies

A Missouri business corporation's board may act without a meeting if every director consents in writing or by electronic transmission; the consents are filed with the minutes.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
Citation
RSMo §351.340.2 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

Not legal advice

These are Qwibie's own summaries, not the law, and they don't say what the law is today. Open the source to read the text, and ask your attorney how it applies to your organization. Your articles and bylaws may set a different rule where the statute allows it.

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