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IA Code § 502A.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 502A - COMMODITIES CODE|Section 502A.16 - Cooperation with other agencies.

502A.16 Cooperation with other agencies.   1. To encourage uniform application and interpretation of this chapter and securities regulation and enforcement in general, the administrator and the employees of the administrator may cooperate, including bearing the expense of the cooperation, with the securities agencies or administrator of another jurisdiction, Canadian province or territory or such other agencies administering this chapter, the commodity futures trading commission, the United States securities and exchange commission, any self-regulatory organization established under the Commodity Exchange Act or the federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934, any national or international organization of commodities or securities officials or agencies, and any governmental law enforcement agency.   2. The cooperation authorized by subsection 1 shall include, but need not be limited to, any or all of the following:   a. Making joint examinations or investigations.   b. Holding joint administrative hearings.   c. Filing and prosecuting joint litigation.   d. Sharing and exchanging personnel.   e. Sharing and exchanging information and documents.   f. Formulating and adopting mutual regulations, statements of policy, guidelines, proposed statutory changes, and releases.   g. Issuing and enforcing subpoenas at the request of the agency administering this chapter in another jurisdiction, the securities agency of another jurisdiction, the commodity futures trading commission or the United States securities and exchange commission if the information sought would also be subject to lawful subpoena for conduct occurring in this state.  90 Acts, ch 1169, §15  Referred to in §502A.15
IA Code § 502A.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 502A - COMMODITIES CODE|Section 502A.17 - General authority to adopt rules, forms, and orders.

502A.17 General authority to adopt rules, forms, and orders.   1. In addition to specific authority granted elsewhere in this chapter, the administrator may adopt rules and forms, pursuant to chapter 17A, and issue orders as are necessary to administer this chapter. Rules or forms to be adopted shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:   a. Rules defining any terms, whether or not used in this chapter, insofar as the definitions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.   b. For the purpose of rules or forms, the administrator may classify commodities and commodity contracts, persons, and matters within the administrator’s jurisdiction.   2. Unless specifically provided in this chapter, a rule, form, or order shall not be adopted or issued unless the administrator finds that the action is both of the following:   a. Necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors.   b. Consistent with the purposes fairly intended by the policy of this chapter.   3. All rules and forms of the administrator shall be published as provided in chapter 17A.   4. A provision of this chapter imposing any liability shall not apply to an act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with a rule or form adopted or order issued by the administrator, notwithstanding that the rule, order, or form may later be amended, or rescinded, or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.  90 Acts, ch 1169, §16
IA Code § 502A.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 502A - COMMODITIES CODE|Section 502A.18 - Consent to service of process.

502A.18 Consent to service of process.   When a person, including a nonresident of this state, engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by this chapter or any rule or order of the administrator, the conduct shall constitute the appointment of the administrator as the person’s attorney to receive service of any lawful process in a noncriminal proceeding against the person, a successor, or personal representative, which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under this chapter or any rule or order of the administrator with the same force and validity as if served personally.  90 Acts, ch 1169, §17
IA Code § 502A.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 502A - COMMODITIES CODE|Section 502A.19 - Chapter scope.

502A.19 Chapter scope.   1. Sections 502A.2, 502A.5, and 502A.6 apply to a person who sells or offers to sell when either of the following occurs:   a. An offer to sell is made in this state.   b. An offer to buy is made and accepted in this state.   2. Sections 502A.2, 502A.5, and 502A.6 apply to a person who buys or offers to buy when either of the following occur:   a. An offer to buy is made in this state.   b. An offer to sell is made and accepted in this state.   3. For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell or to buy is made in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when either of the following occurs:   a. The offer originates from this state.   b. The offer is directed by the offeror to this state and received at the place to which it is directed, or at any post office in this state in the case of a mailed offer.   4. For the purpose of this section, an offer to buy or to sell is accepted in this state when the acceptance satisfies both of the following conditions:   a. The acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state.   b. The acceptance has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally or in writing, outside this state; and acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offeree directs it to the offeror in this state, reasonably believing the offeror to be in this state and it is received at the place to which it is directed, or at any post office in this state in the case of a mailed acceptance.   5. An offer to sell or to buy is not made in this state when either of the following occurs:   a. The publisher circulates or there is circulated on the publisher’s behalf in this state any bona fide newspaper or other publication of general, regular, and paid circulation which is not published in this state, or which is published in this state but has had more than two-thirds of its circulation outside this state during the past twelve months.   b. A radio or television program originating outside this state is received in this state.  90 Acts, ch 1169, §18
IA Code § 502A.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 502A - COMMODITIES CODE|Section 502A.20 - Effect of pending judicial review.

502A.20 Effect of pending judicial review.   The filing of a petition for judicial review pursuant to chapter 17A does not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the administrator’s order, and the administrator may enforce or ask the court to enforce the order pending the outcome of the review proceedings.  90 Acts, ch 1169, §19  Referred to in §502A.4
IA Code § 502A.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 502A - COMMODITIES CODE|Section 502A.21 - Pleading exemptions.

502A.21 Pleading exemptions.   It is not necessary for the state to plead the absence of an exemption under this chapter in a complaint, information, or indictment, or a writ or proceeding brought under this chapter. The burden of proof of a claimed exemption is upon the party claiming the exemption.  90 Acts, ch 1169, §20
IA Code § 502A.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 502A - COMMODITIES CODE|Section 502A.22 - Affirmative defense.

502A.22 Affirmative defense.   It is an affirmative defense in a complaint, information, indictment, writ, or proceeding brought under this chapter alleging a violation of section 502A.2 based solely on the failure in an individual case to make physical delivery within the applicable time period under section 502A.1, subsection 5, or section 502A.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b” if both of the following apply:   1. Failure to make physical delivery was due solely to factors beyond the control of the seller, the seller’s officers, directors, partners, agents, servants, or employees, every person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, every person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by the seller, or any of them, the seller’s affiliates, subsidiaries, or successors.   2. Physical delivery was completed within a reasonable time under the applicable circumstances.  90 Acts, ch 1169, §21
IA Code § 504.101 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.101 - Short title.

504.101 Short title.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Revised Iowa Nonprofit Corporation Act”.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §1, 192
IA Code § 504.102 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.102 - Reservation of power to amend or repeal.

504.102 Reservation of power to amend or repeal.   The general assembly has power to amend or repeal all or part of this chapter at any time and all domestic and foreign corporations subject to this chapter are governed by the amendment or repeal.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §2, 192
IA Code § 504.112 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.112 - Forms.

504.112 Forms.   1. The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for an application for a certificate of existence, a foreign corporation’s application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, a foreign corporation’s application for a certificate of withdrawal, and the biennial report. If the secretary of state so requires, use of these forms is mandatory.   2. The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, but their use is not mandatory.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §4, 192  Referred to in §504.111
IA Code § 504.113 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.113 - Filing, service, and copying fees.

504.113 Filing, service, and copying fees.   1. The secretary of state shall collect the following fees, as provided by the secretary of state, when the documents described in this subsection are delivered for filing:   DOCUMENT FEE   a. Articles of incorporation $ __   b. Application for use of indistinguishable   name $ __   c. Application for reserved name $ __   d. Notice of transfer of reserved name $ __   e. Application for registered name $ __   f. Application for renewal of registered   name $ __   g. Corporation’s statement of change   of registered agent or registered office or   both $ __   h. Agent’s statement of change of   registered office for each affected corporation   not to exceed a total of $ __   i. Agent’s statement of resignation No fee   j. Amendment of articles of   incorporation $ __   k. Restatement of articles of incorporation   with amendments $ __   l. Articles of merger $ __   m. Articles of dissolution $ __   n. Articles of revocation of dissolution $ __   o. Certificate of administrative   dissolution $ __   p. Application for reinstatement following   administrative dissolution $ __   q. Certificate of reinstatement No fee   r. Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee   s. Application for certificate of   authority $ __   t. Application for amended certificate of   authority $ __   u. Application for certificate of   withdrawal $ __   v. Certificate of revocation of authority   to transact business No fee   w. Biennial report $ __   x. Articles of correction $ __   y. Application for certificate of existence or   authorization $ __   z. Any other document required or   permitted to be filed by this chapter $ __   2. The secretary of state shall collect a fee upon being served with process under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover the fee paid the secretary of state as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.   3. The secretary of state shall collect fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §5, 192  Authority to refund fees;  2012 Acts, ch 1131, §28  ;  2013 Acts, ch 135, §24, 52  ; 2015 Acts, ch 141, §22, 60, 67, 68;  2017 Acts, ch 171, §23, 50  ; 2019 Acts, ch 136, §23;  2020 Acts, ch 1121, §1
IA Code § 504.114 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.114 - Effective date of document.

504.114 Effective date of document.   1. Except as provided in subsection 2 and section 504.115, a document is effective at the later of the following times:   a. At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by such means as the secretary of state may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing.   b. At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.   2. A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document shall not be later than the ninetieth day after the date filed.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §6, 192  Referred to in §504.1104, 504.1613
IA Code § 504.115 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.115 - Correcting filed document.

504.115 Correcting filed document.   1. A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the secretary of state if the document satisfies one of the following:   a. The document contains an inaccuracy.   b. The document was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.   c. The electronic transmission was defective.   2. A document is corrected by doing both of the following:   a. By preparing articles of correction that satisfy all of the following requirements:   (1) Describe the document, including its filing date, or attach a copy of the document to the articles.   (2) Specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected.   (3) Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution.   b. By delivering the articles of correction to the secretary of state for filing.   3. Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §7, 192; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §79  Referred to in §504.114
IA Code § 504.116 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.116 - Filing duty of secretary of state.

504.116 Filing duty of secretary of state.   1. If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of section 504.111, the secretary of state shall file it.   2. The secretary of state files a document by recording the document as filed on the date and the time of receipt. After filing a document, except as provided in sections 504.504, 504.1510, and 504.1613, the secretary of state shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.   3. Upon refusing to file a document, the secretary of state shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason or reasons for the refusal.   4. The secretary of state’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. Filing or refusal to file a document does not do any of the following:   a. Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part.   b. Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document.   c. Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §8, 192
IA Code § 504.117 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.117 - Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.

504.117 Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.   1. If the secretary of state refuses to file a document delivered for filing to the secretary of state’s office, the domestic or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal to the district court in the county where the corporation’s principal office, or if there is none in this state, its registered office, is or will be located. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the secretary of state’s explanation of the refusal to file.   2. The court may summarily order the secretary of state to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.   3. The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §9, 192
IA Code § 504.118 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.118 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.

504.118 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.   A certificate from the secretary of state delivered with a copy of a document filed by the secretary of state is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the secretary of state.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §10, 192
IA Code § 504.119 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.119 - Certificate of existence.

504.119 Certificate of existence.   1. Any person may apply to the secretary of state to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic or foreign corporation.   2. The certificate of existence shall set forth all of the following:   a. The domestic corporation’s corporate name or the foreign corporation’s corporate name used in this state.   b. That the domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the laws of this state, the date of its incorporation, and the period of its duration if less than perpetual; or that the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state.   c. That all fees have been paid.   d. That its most recent biennial report required by section 504.1613 has been delivered to the secretary of state.   e. That articles of dissolution have not been filed.   f. Other facts of record in the office of the secretary of state that may be requested by the applicant.   3. Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence issued by the secretary of state may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in good standing in this state.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §11, 192
IA Code § 504.120 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.120 - Penalty for signing false document.

504.120 Penalty for signing false document.   1. A person commits an offense by signing a document the person knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the secretary of state for filing.   2. An offense under this section is a serious misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §12, 192
IA Code § 504.131 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.131 - Powers.

504.131 Powers.   The secretary of state has all powers reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of the secretary of state’s office by this chapter.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §13, 192
IA Code § 504.132 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.132 - Secretary of state — internet site.

504.132 Secretary of state — internet site.   The secretary of state shall place on the secretary of state’s internet site a link to a free internet site with completed internal revenue service forms 990 and 990EZ.  2008 Acts, ch 1184, §72
IA Code § 504.151 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.151 - Judicial relief.

504.151 Judicial relief.   1. If for any reason it is impractical or impossible for a corporation to call or conduct a meeting of its members, delegates, or directors, or otherwise obtain their consent, in the manner prescribed by its articles, bylaws, or this chapter, then upon petition of a director, officer, delegate, member, or the attorney general, the district court may order that such a meeting be called or that a written ballot or other form of obtaining the vote of members, delegates, or directors be authorized, in such a manner as the court finds fair and equitable under the circumstances.   2. The court shall, in an order issued pursuant to this section, provide for a method of notice reasonably designed to give actual notice to all persons who would be entitled to notice of a meeting held pursuant to the articles, bylaws, and this chapter, whether or not the method results in actual notice to all such persons or conforms to the notice requirements that would otherwise apply. In a proceeding under this section, the court may determine who the members or directors are.   3. An order issued pursuant to this section may dispense with any requirement relating to the holding of or voting at meetings or obtaining votes, including any requirement as to quorums or as to the number or percentage of votes needed for approval, that would otherwise be imposed by the articles, bylaws, or this chapter.   4. Whenever practical, an order issued pursuant to this section shall limit the subject matter of meetings or other forms of consent authorized to items, including amendments to the articles or bylaws, the resolution of which will or may enable the corporation to continue managing its affairs without further resort to this section; provided, however, that an order under this section may also authorize the obtaining of whatever votes and approvals are necessary for the dissolution, merger, or sale of assets.   5. A meeting or other method of obtaining the vote of members, delegates, or directors conducted pursuant to an order issued under this section, and which complies with all the provisions of such order, is for all purposes a valid meeting or vote, as the case may be, and shall have the same force and effect as if it complied with every requirement imposed by the articles, bylaws, and this chapter.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §16, 192
IA Code § 504.201 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.201 - Incorporators.

504.201 Incorporators.   One or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by delivering articles of incorporation to the secretary of state for filing.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §17, 192  Referred to in §15E.64
IA Code § 504.203 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT|Section 504.203 - Incorporation.

504.203 Incorporation.   1. Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed.   2. The secretary of state’s filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation.  2004 Acts, ch 1049, §19, 192