Post-effective Amendment (investment Company, Rule 485(b)) (485bpos)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 4, 2013

Registration Nos.: 811-2575
2-53856

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933   x

  Pre-Effective Amendment No.   o

  Post-Effective Amendment No. 55   x

and/or
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  

  ACT OF 1940   x

  Amendment No. 45   x

Morgan Stanley
Liquid Asset Fund Inc.

(a Maryland Corporation)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: [phone]

Stefanie V. Chang Yu, Esq.
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Carl Frischling, Esq. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036

Stuart M. Strauss, Esq. Dechert LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

As soon as practicable after this Post-Effective Amendment becomes effective.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

  X  Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

    On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

    60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

    On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

    75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

    On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

Amending the Prospectus and Updating Financial Statements

  If appropriate, check the following box:

    This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 4 th  day of January, 2013.

 

	MORGAN STANLEY LIQUID ASSET FUND INC.
	By:	/s/ Kevin Klingert
		Kevin Klingert
		President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signatures				Title		Date
(1)	Principal Executive Officer			President and Principal
				Executive Officer
By	/s/ Kevin Klingert
	Kevin Klingert					January 4, 2013
(2)	Principal Financial Officer			Principal Financial Officer
By	/s/ Francis J. Smith
	Francis J. Smith					January 4, 2013
(3)	Majority of the Directors
	James F. Higgins
By	/s/ Stefanie V. Chang Yu
	Stefanie V. Chang Yu
	Attorney-in-Fact
						January 4, 2013
	Frank L. Bowman	Michael F. Klein
	Michael Bozic	Michael E. Nugent (Chairman)
	Kathleen A. Dennis	W. Allen Reed
	Manuel H. Johnson	Fergus Reid
	Joseph J. Kearns
By	/s/ Carl Frischling
	Carl Frischling
	Attorney-in-Fact
						January 4, 2013

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Index No.		Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase