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IA Code § 491.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.20 - Amendments — fees.

491.20 Amendments — fees.   1. Amendments to articles of incorporation making changes in any of the provisions of the articles may be made at any annual meeting of the stockholders or special meeting called for that purpose, and they shall be valid only when approved by the shareholders and filed with the secretary of state. If no increase is made in the amount of capital stock, a certificate fee of one dollar and a recording fee of fifty cents per page must be paid. Where capital stock is increased the certificate fee shall be omitted but there shall be paid a recording fee of fifty cents per page and in addition a filing fee which in case of corporations existing for a period of years shall be one dollar per thousand of such increase and in case of corporations empowered to exist perpetually shall be one dollar and ten cents per thousand of such increase. Corporations providing for perpetual existence by amendment to its articles shall, at the time of filing such amendment, pay to the secretary of state a fee of one hundred dollars together with a recording fee of fifty cents per page, and, for all authorized capital stock in excess of ten thousand dollars, an additional fee of one dollar ten cents per thousand.   2. a. Its articles of incorporation to the contrary notwithstanding, if three-fourths of the voting stock of any corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter, with assets of the value of one million dollars or more, is owned by individuals owning not more than one share each of the voting stock thereof, said articles may be amended at any regular or special meeting of stockholders, when a notice in writing of the substance of the proposed amendment has been mailed by ordinary mail to each voting stockholder of such corporation not more than ninety nor less than sixty days prior to said meeting, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the voting stock represented at said meeting when said amendment is approved by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the board of directors at a meeting prior to the mailing of said notice.   b. If such corporation is renewed under the provisions of section 491.25, the voting stock of dissenting stockholders or any portion thereof may be purchased by the corporation at its option as provided in section 491.25.  [C51, §680; R60, §1157; C73, §1065; C97, §1615; S13, §1615; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8360; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.20]  2014 Acts, ch 1074, §2; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §64  Referred to in §491.24, 491.26, 491.107
IA Code § 491.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.21 - Signing and acknowledging of amendments.

491.21 Signing and acknowledging of amendments.   Such amendments need only be signed and acknowledged by such officers of the corporation as may be designated by the stockholders to perform such act.  [C97, §1615; S13, §1615; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8361; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.21]
IA Code § 491.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.22 - Individual property liable.

491.22 Individual property liable.   A failure to substantially comply with the foregoing requirements in relation to organization and publicity shall render the individual property of the stockholders liable for the corporate debts; but corporators and stockholders in railway and street railway companies shall be liable only for the amount of stock held by them therein.  [C51, §689; R60, §1166, 1338; C73, §1068; C97, §1616; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8362; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.22]
IA Code § 491.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.23 - Dissolution — filing a statement with secretary of state.

491.23 Dissolution — filing a statement with secretary of state.   A corporation may be dissolved prior to the period fixed in the articles of incorporation, by unanimous consent, or in accordance with the provisions of its articles, if a statement swearing to the dissolution, signed by the officers of such corporation, is filed with the secretary of state. A fee of one dollar shall apply to the filing of the statement.  [C51, §682, 683; R60, §1159, 1160; C73, §1066, 1067; C97, §1617; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8363; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.23]  94 Acts, ch 1055, §5; 2014 Acts, ch 1074, §3; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §161
IA Code § 491.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.24 - Duration.

491.24 Duration.   Corporations for the construction and operation, or the operation alone, of steam railways, interurban railways, and street railways, or for the transaction of the business of life insurance, may be formed to endure fifty years; those for other purposes, not to exceed twenty years; provided, however, that in addition to the power herein granted to incorporate for a period of years, corporations hereafter organized or now existing may have perpetual existence by so providing in the articles of incorporation or by amendment thereto pursuant to section 491.20.  [C51, §681; R60, §1158; C73, §1069; C97, §1618; S13, §1618; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8364; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.24]
IA Code § 491.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.25 - Renewal — conditions.

491.25 Renewal — conditions.   1. Corporations existing for a period of years may be renewed from time to time for the same or shorter periods, or may be renewed to exist perpetually, upon compliance with the provisions of this section and other applicable statutes.   2. The right of renewal is vested in the stockholders and shall be exercised by a resolution thereof adopted at any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose. Such resolution must be adopted by a majority of all the votes cast at such meeting, or by such other vote as is authorized or required in the company’s existing articles of incorporation.   3. If the renewal instrument in proper form and the necessary fees are tendered to the secretary of state for filing three months or less either prior or subsequent to the corporation’s expiration date, the renewal shall take effect immediately upon the expiration of the corporation’s previous period of existence, and in such case, the corporate existence shall be considered as having been extended without interruption. If the renewal is filed more than three months before or after the expiration date, the renewal shall take effect upon the date such renewal with necessary fees is accepted and filed by the secretary of state; and in cases where filed more than three months after the expiration date, shall not be in legal effect a renewal unless the procedure provided for and the additional fees provided for in section 491.28 are fully complied with and paid.   4. In all cases of renewal, those stockholders voting for such renewal must purchase at its real value the stock voted against the renewal, and shall have three years from the date such action for renewal was taken in which to purchase and pay for the stock voting against the renewal, which purchase price shall bear interest at the rate of five percent per annum from the date of the renewal action until paid.  [C51, §681; R60, §1158; C73, §1069; C97, §1618; S13, §1618; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8365, 8366; C46, 50, §491.25, 491.26; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.25]  2015 Acts, ch 29, §65  Referred to in §491.20, 491.26
IA Code § 491.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.26 - Stock of dissenting holders.

491.26 Stock of dissenting holders.   The provisions of section 491.25 shall not apply to any renewal voted before July 4, 1951, but all rights of any corporation described or referred to in the last two paragraphs of section 491.20 to purchase stock of dissenting stockholders or any portion thereof are preserved to said corporation both before and after this section becomes operative.  [S13, §1618; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8366; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.26]
IA Code § 491.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.27 - Execution of renewal — record required.

491.27 Execution of renewal — record required.   After the action of the stockholders for the renewal of any corporation, a certificate, showing the proceedings resulting in the renewal, sworn to by the president and secretary of the corporation, or by other officers as may be designated by the stockholders, together with the articles of incorporation, which may be the original articles of incorporation or amended and substituted articles, shall be filed with the secretary of state and be recorded by the secretary in a book kept for that purpose.  [S13, §1618; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8367; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.27]  94 Acts, ch 1055, §6
IA Code § 491.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.28 - Filing with secretary of state — fees — certificate of renewal.

491.28 Filing with secretary of state — fees — certificate of renewal.   1. Upon filing with the secretary of state the said certificate and articles of incorporation, and upon the payment to the secretary of state of the fees prescribed by section 491.11 for newly organized corporations, the secretary of state shall issue a proper certificate for the renewal of the corporation.   2. Whenever, after timely notice has been received that its articles of incorporation will expire and the corporate existence of any corporation has expired and not been renewed within the period prescribed by statute, said corporation thereafter files with the secretary of state amended and substituted articles of incorporation for the purpose of renewing and extending its corporate existence, the secretary of state shall cause said corporation to file satisfactory proof that no judgments against said corporation or the stockholders thereof are outstanding which may be liens against said corporation and that there is no pending litigation involving said corporation or the corporate existence of said corporation. Upon the filing of said proof the secretary of state may acknowledge and file for record the amended and substituted articles of said corporation and issue a certificate of renewal upon the payment of the renewal fees required by statute, however, the secretary of state shall charge and collect an additional ten percent of said renewal fees for each month or major fraction thereof said corporation was delinquent in renewal of its corporate existence as a penalty, but in no instance shall such additional delinquency fee be less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars. Said certificate of renewal when issued shall have the same force and effect as though issued upon proper and timely application by said corporation and it shall date from the expiration of the corporate period which it succeeds.  [S13, §1618; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8368; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.28]  2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127  Referred to in §491.25
IA Code § 491.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.29 - Erroneous certificate — correction.

491.29 Erroneous certificate — correction.   In all cases wherein the secretary of state has prior to April 10, 1931 issued to a corporation organized or purporting to have been organized under the laws of this state a certificate renewing and extending its corporate existence from an erroneous date or for a period of time in excess of that provided by law, the secretary of state shall, upon the surrender of such certificate, issue to such corporation a new certificate, extending and renewing the corporate existence thereof from the correct date or for the period of time provided by law.  [C31, 35, §8368-d1; C39, §8368.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.29]
IA Code § 491.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.32 - Notice of renewal — publication.

491.32 Notice of renewal — publication. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1074, §4.
IA Code § 491.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.33 - Foreign insurance companies becoming domestic.

491.33 Foreign insurance companies becoming domestic.   The secretary of state upon a corporation complying with the provisions of this section and upon the filing of articles of incorporation and upon receipt of the fees as provided in this chapter shall issue a certificate of incorporation as of the date of the corporation’s original incorporation in its state of original incorporation. The certificate of incorporation shall state on its face that it is issued in accordance with the provisions of this section. The secretary of state shall then notify the appropriate officer of the state or country of the corporation’s last domicile that the corporation is now a domestic corporation domiciled in this state. This section applies to life insurance companies, and to insurance companies doing business under chapter 515.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §491.33; 81 Acts, ch 161, §1]  94 Acts, ch 1055, §7  Referred to in §508.12, 515.78
IA Code § 491.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.36 - Foreign-trade zone corporation.

491.36 Foreign-trade zone corporation.   A corporation may be organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone as defined in 19 U.S.C. §81a. A corporation organized for the purposes set forth in this section has all powers necessary or convenient for applying for a grant of authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign-trade zone under the provisions of 19 U.S.C. §81a, et seq., and rules promulgated thereunder, and for establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone pursuant to that grant of authority.  [C81, §491.36]  2010 Acts, ch 1061, §66
IA Code § 491.38 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.38 - Consolidation of interstate bridge companies.

491.38 Consolidation of interstate bridge companies.   Any corporation heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of constructing or operating, or constructing and operating, a bridge, one extremity of which shall rest in an adjacent state, may merge or consolidate the stock, property, rights, franchises, privileges, assets and liabilities of such corporation with the stock, property, rights, franchises, privileges, assets and liabilities of a corporation organized for a similar purpose under the laws of such adjacent state, upon such terms not in conflict with law as may be mutually agreed upon, and thereafter such merged or consolidated corporations shall be one corporation with such name as may be agreed upon, and shall have all of the property, rights, privileges, assets and franchises, and be subject to all of the liabilities, of the merging or consolidating corporations.  [C31, 35, §8375-d1; C39, §8375.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.38]  2013 Acts, ch 90, §147
IA Code § 491.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.39 - Legislative control.

491.39 Legislative control.   The articles of incorporation, bylaws, rules and regulations of corporations hereafter organized under the provisions of either Title XII, subtitles 2 through 5, or Title XIII, subtitle 1 or 2, or whose organization may be adopted or amended thereunder, shall at all times be subject to legislative control, and may be at any time altered, abridged or set aside by law, and every franchise obtained, used, or enjoyed by such corporation may be regulated, withheld, or be subject to conditions imposed upon the enjoyment thereof, whenever the general assembly shall deem necessary for the public good.  [C73, §1090; C97, §1619; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8376; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.39]  Iowa Constitution, Art. I, §21; Art. VIII, §12  United States Constitution, Article I, §10
IA Code § 491.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.40 - Fraud — penalty for.

491.40 Fraud — penalty for.   Intentional fraud in failing to comply substantially with the articles of incorporation, or in deceiving the public or individuals in relation to their means or their liabilities, shall be a fraudulent practice. Any person who has sustained injury from such fraud may also recover damages therefor against those guilty of participating in such fraud.  [C51, §686; R60, §1163; C73, §1071; C97, §1620; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8377; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.40]  Referred to in §491.41, 491.42  Fraudulent practices, see §714.8 – 714.14
IA Code § 491.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.41 - Diversion of funds — unlawful dividends.

491.41 Diversion of funds — unlawful dividends.   The diversion of the funds of the corporation to other objects than those mentioned in its articles and in the notice published, if any person be injured thereby, and the payment of dividends which leaves insufficient funds to meet the liabilities thereof, shall be such fraud as will subject those guilty thereof to the penalties of section 491.40; and such dividends, or their equivalent, in the hands of stockholders, shall be subject to such liabilities. If the directors or other officers or agents of any corporation shall declare and pay any dividend when such corporation is known by them to be insolvent, or any dividend the payment of which would render it insolvent, or which would diminish the amount of its capital stock, all directors, officers, or agents knowingly consenting thereto shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of such corporation then existing, but dividends made in good faith before knowledge of the occurring of losses shall not come within the provisions of this section.  [C51, §687, 688; R60, §1164, 1165; C73, §1072, 1073; C97, §1621; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8378; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.41]  Referred to in §491.42
IA Code § 491.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.42 - Forfeiture.

491.42 Forfeiture.   Any intentional violation by the board of directors or the managing officers of the corporation of the provisions of sections 491.40 and 491.41 shall work a forfeiture of the corporate privileges, to be enforced as provided by law.  [C51, §690; R60, §1167; C73, §1074; C97, §1622; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8379; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.42]
IA Code § 491.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.43 - Keeping false accounts.

491.43 Keeping false accounts.   The intentional keeping of false books or accounts shall be a fraudulent practice on the part of any officer, agent, or employee of the corporation guilty thereof, or of anyone whose duty it is to see that such books or accounts are correctly kept.  [C51, §691; R60, §1168; C73, §1075; C97, §1623; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8381; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.43]  Fraudulent practices, see §714.8 – 714.14
IA Code § 491.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.46 - Books to show names of stockholders.

491.46 Books to show names of stockholders.   The books of the corporation shall be kept to show the amount of capital stock actually paid in, the number of shares of stock issued, the original stockholders, and all transfers of shares of stock, and there shall be entered upon the books of the corporation the name of the person by and to whom stock is transferred, the numbers or other designations of the shares of stock and the date of transfer. This section does not create any rights or impose any duties inconsistent with the provisions of chapter 554.  [C51, §692; R60, §1169; C73, §1078; C97, §1626; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8385; C46, 50, §491.47; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.46]  Referred to in §491.50
IA Code § 491.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.47 - Names exhibited at meetings.

491.47 Names exhibited at meetings.   It shall be the duty of the officer or agent of any corporation organized under the laws of the state of Iowa, or any foreign corporation qualified to do business in the state of Iowa and holding a meeting of its stockholders in the state of Iowa, who has charge of the stock records of such corporation to prepare and make, at least ten days before the holding of such meeting, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order. Such list shall be open and available at the place where said meeting is to be held for said ten days to the examination of any stockholder, and shall be kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole time thereof, and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present at said meeting. The original or duplicate stock ledger of the corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting. An officer or agent having charge of the transfer books who shall fail to prepare the list of stockholders, or keep the same on file for a period of ten days, or produce and keep the same open for inspection at the meeting, as provided in this section, shall be liable to any stockholder suffering damage on account of such failure, to the extent of such damage.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8384; C46, 50, §491.46; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.47]  Referred to in §491.50
IA Code § 491.48 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 491 - CORPORATIONS FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT|Section 491.48 - Stock certificates — signing.

491.48 Stock certificates — signing.   A corporation organized and existing under the laws, either general or special, of this state, may designate in its articles or bylaws the officer or officers who shall be empowered to sign stock certificates issued by the corporation. If the articles or bylaws provide for the signature of a registrar or the signature or countersignature of a transfer agent on stock certificates issued by it, the corporation may likewise provide in the articles or bylaws that in lieu of the actual signature of the officer or officers authorized to sign stock certificates, the facsimile thereof may be either engraved or printed thereon.  [C31, 35, §8385-d1; C39, §8385.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.48]