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IA Code § 501.822 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501 - CLOSED COOPERATIVES|Section 501.822 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.

501.822 Procedure for judicial dissolution.   1. Venue for a proceeding by the attorney general to dissolve a cooperative lies in Polk county district court. Venue for a proceeding brought by any other party named in section 501.821 lies in the county where a cooperative’s principal office or, if not in this state, its registered office is or was last located.   2. It is not necessary to make interest holders parties to a proceeding to dissolve a cooperative unless relief is sought against them individually.   3. A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a cooperative may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver or custodian pendente lite with all powers and duties the court directs, take other action required to preserve the cooperative’s assets wherever located, and carry on the business of the cooperative until a full hearing can be held.  98 Acts, ch 1152, §64, 69
IA Code § 501.823 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501 - CLOSED COOPERATIVES|Section 501.823 - Receivership or custodianship.

501.823 Receivership or custodianship.   1. A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a cooperative may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate, or one or more custodians to manage, the business and affairs of the cooperative. The court shall hold a hearing, after notifying all parties to the proceeding and any interested persons designated by the court, before appointing a receiver or custodian. The court appointing a receiver or custodian has exclusive jurisdiction over the cooperative and all its property wherever located.   2. The court may appoint an individual or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state as a receiver or custodian. The court may require the receiver or custodian to post bond, with or without sureties, in an amount the court directs.   3. The court shall describe the powers and duties of the receiver or custodian in its appointing order, which may be amended from time to time.   a. Among other powers, the receiver may do any of the following:   (1) Dispose of all or any part of the assets of the cooperative wherever located, at a public or private sale, if authorized by the court.   (2) Sue and defend in the receiver’s own name as receiver of the cooperative in all courts of this state.   b. The custodian may exercise all of the powers of the cooperative, through or in place of its board of directors or officers, to the extent necessary to manage the affairs of the cooperative in the best interests of its interest holders and creditors.   4. The court during a receivership may redesignate the receiver a custodian, and during a custodianship may redesignate the custodian a receiver, if doing so is in the best interests of the cooperative, its interest holders, and creditors.   5. The court from time to time during the receivership or custodianship may order compensation paid and expense disbursements or reimbursements made to the receiver or custodian and the receiver’s or custodian’s counsel from the assets of the cooperative or proceeds from the sale of the assets.  98 Acts, ch 1152, §65, 69
IA Code § 501.824 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501 - CLOSED COOPERATIVES|Section 501.824 - Decree of dissolution.

501.824 Decree of dissolution.   1. If after a hearing the court determines that one or more grounds for judicial dissolution described in section 501.821 exist, it may enter a decree dissolving the cooperative and specifying the effective date of the dissolution, and the clerk of the district court shall deliver a certified copy of the decree to the secretary of state, who shall file it.   2. After entering the decree of dissolution, the court shall direct the winding up and liquidation of the cooperative’s business and affairs in accordance with section 501.805 and the notification of claimants in accordance with sections 501.807 and 501.808.  98 Acts, ch 1152, §66, 69
IA Code § 501.831 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501 - CLOSED COOPERATIVES|Section 501.831 - Deposit with state treasurer.

501.831 Deposit with state treasurer.   Assets of a dissolved cooperative that should be transferred to a creditor, claimant, or interest holder of the cooperative who cannot be found or who is not competent to receive them shall be reduced to cash and deposited with the treasurer of state or other appropriate state official for safekeeping. When the creditor, claimant, or interest holder furnishes satisfactory proof of entitlement to the amount deposited, the treasurer of state or other appropriate state official shall pay the creditor, claimant, or interest holder or that person’s representative the amount.  98 Acts, ch 1152, §67, 69
IA Code § 501A.101 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.101 - Short title.

501A.101 Short title.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Cooperative Associations Act”.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §1
IA Code § 501A.103 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.103 - Requirements for signatures on documents.

501A.103 Requirements for signatures on documents.   A document is signed when a person has affixed the person’s name on a document. A person authorized to do so by this chapter, the articles or bylaws, or by a resolution approved by the directors or the members must sign the document. A signature on a document may be a facsimile affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, transmitted by facsimile or electronically, or in any other manner reproduced on the document.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §3; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §52  Referred to in §501A.231
IA Code § 501A.201 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.201 - General filing requirements.

501A.201 General filing requirements.   1. A document must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing.   2. The document must be one that this chapter requires or permits to be filed with the secretary.   3. The document must contain the information required by this chapter. The document may contain other information as well.   4. The document must be typewritten or printed. The typewritten or printed portion shall be in black ink. Manually signed photocopies, or other reproduced copies, including facsimiles and other electronically or computer-generated copies of typewritten or printed documents may be filed.   5. The document must be in the English language. A cooperative’s name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals. The articles, duly authenticated by the official having custody of the applicable records in the state or country under whose law the cooperative is formed, which are required of cooperatives, need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation.   6. The document must be executed by one of the following persons:   a. An officer of the cooperative, or if no officer has been selected, by any patron member of the cooperative.   b. If the cooperative has not been organized, by the organizers of the cooperative as provided in subchapter V.   c. If the cooperative is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, that fiduciary.   7. The person executing the document shall sign the document and state beneath or opposite the person’s signature, the person’s name, and the capacity in which the person signs.   8. If, pursuant to any provision of this chapter, the secretary has prescribed a mandatory form for the document, the document shall be in or on the prescribed form.   9. The document must be delivered to the secretary for filing and must be accompanied by the correct filing fee as provided in this subchapter.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §4  Referred to in §501A.202, 501A.504
IA Code § 501A.202 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.202 - Filing duty of secretary of state.

501A.202 Filing duty of secretary of state.   1. If a document delivered to the secretary for filing satisfies the requirements of section 501A.201, the secretary shall file it and issue any necessary certificate.   2. The secretary files a document by recording it as filed on the date and at the time of receipt. After filing a document, and except as provided in section 501A.204, the secretary shall deliver the document, and an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing, to the domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative or its representative.   3. If the secretary refuses to file a document, the secretary shall return it to the domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative or its representative within ten days after the document was received by the secretary, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.   4. The secretary’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. Filing or refusing 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.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §5
IA Code § 501A.203 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.203 - Effective time and date of documents.

501A.203 Effective time and date of documents.   1. Except as provided in subsection 2 and section 501A.204, subsection 3, a document accepted for filing is effective at the later of the following times:   a. At the time of filing on the date the document is filed, as evidenced by the secretary’s date and time endorsement on the original document.   b. At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date the document is filed.   2. A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if the document 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 the document is filed.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §6  Referred to in §501A.231
IA Code § 501A.204 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.204 - Correcting filed documents.

501A.204 Correcting filed documents.   1. A domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative may correct a document filed by the secretary if the document satisfies any of the following requirements:   a. Contains an incorrect statement.   b. Was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.   2. A document is corrected by complying with all 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 incorrect statement and the reason the statement is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective.   (3) Correct the incorrect statement or defective execution.   b. By delivering the articles of correction to the secretary for filing.   3. Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document the articles 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.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §7  Referred to in §501A.202, 501A.203
IA Code § 501A.205 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.205 - Fees.

501A.205 Fees.   1. The secretary shall collect the following fees when documents described in this subsection are delivered to the secretary’s office for filing:   a. Articles of organization $ 50   b. Application for use of indistinguishable   name $ 10   c. Application for reserved name $ 10   d. Notice of transfer of reserved name $ 10   e. Application for registered name per month   or part thereof $ 2   f. Application for renewal of registered   name $ 20   g. Statement of change of registered agent   or registered office or both No fee   h. Agent’s statement of change of registered   office for each affected cooperative No fee   i. Agent’s statement of resignation No fee   j. Amendment of articles of organization $ 50   k. Restatement of articles of organization   with amendment of articles $ 50   l. Articles of merger $ 50   m. Articles of dissolution $ 5   n. Articles of revocation of dissolution $ 5   o. Certificate of administrative dissolution No fee   p. Application for reinstatement following   administrative dissolution $ 5   q. Certificate of reinstatement No fee   r. Certificate of judicial dissolution No fee   s. Application for certificate of authority $100   t. Application for amended certificate of   authority $100   u. Application for certificate of cancellation   $ 10   v. Certificate of revocation of authority   to transact business No fee   w. Articles of correction $ 5   x. Application for certificate of existence or   authorization $ 5   y. Any other document required or   permitted to be filed by this chapter $ 5   2. The secretary shall collect a fee of five dollars each time process is served on the secretary under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.   3. The secretary shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative:   a. One dollar a page for copying.   b. Five dollars for the certificate.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §8  Referred to in §501A.503
IA Code § 501A.206 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.206 - Forms.

501A.206 Forms.   1. a. The secretary may prescribe and furnish on request forms, including but not limited to the following:   (1) An application for a certificate of existence.   (2) A foreign cooperative’s application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.   (3) A foreign cooperative’s application for a certificate of withdrawal.   b. If the secretary so requires, use of these listed forms prescribed by the secretary is mandatory.   2. The secretary 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.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §9; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
IA Code § 501A.207 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.207 - Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.

501A.207 Appeal from secretary of state’s refusal to file document.   1. If the secretary refuses to file a document delivered to the secretary’s office for filing, the domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative may appeal the refusal, within thirty days after the return of the document, to the district court for the county in which the cooperative’s principal office or, if none in this state, where 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’s explanation of the refusal to file.   2. The court may summarily order the secretary 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.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §10
IA Code § 501A.208 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.208 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.

501A.208 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.   A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the secretary, bearing the secretary’s signature, which may be in facsimile, and the seal of the secretary, is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the secretary.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §11
IA Code § 501A.209 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.209 - Certificate of existence.

501A.209 Certificate of existence.   1. Anyone may apply to the secretary to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic cooperative or a certificate of authorization for a foreign cooperative.   2. A certificate of existence or certificate of authorization must set forth all of the following:   a. The domestic cooperative’s name or the foreign cooperative’s name used in this state.   b. That one of the following applies:   (1) If it is a domestic cooperative, that it is duly organized under the law of this state, the date of its organization, and the period of its duration.   (2) If it is a foreign cooperative, that it is authorized to transact business in this state.   c. That all fees required by this subchapter have been paid.   d. If it is a domestic cooperative, that articles of dissolution have not been filed.   e. Other facts of record in the office of the secretary that may be requested by the applicant.   3. Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence or certificate of authorization issued by the secretary may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic cooperative or foreign cooperative is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §12
IA Code § 501A.210 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.210 - Penalty for signing false document.

501A.210 Penalty for signing false document.   1. A person commits an offense if that person signs a document the person knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the secretary for filing.   2. An offense under this section is a serious misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §13
IA Code § 501A.211 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.211 - Secretary of state — powers.

501A.211 Secretary of state — powers.   The secretary has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of the secretary by this chapter.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §14
IA Code § 501A.221 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.221 - Certificate of authority.

501A.221 Certificate of authority.   A foreign cooperative may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the secretary for filing. An application for registration as a foreign cooperative shall set forth all of the following:   1. The name of the foreign cooperative and, if different, the name under which the foreign cooperative proposes to register and transact business in this state.   2. The state or other jurisdiction in which the foreign cooperative was formed and the date of its formation.   3. The street address of the registered office of the foreign cooperative in this state and the name of the registered agent at the office.   4. The address of the principal office, which is the office where the principal executive offices are located.   5. A certificate of existence or a document of similar import duly authenticated by the proper office of the state or other jurisdiction of its formation which is dated no earlier than ninety days prior to the date that the application is filed with the secretary.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §15  Referred to in §501.104
IA Code § 501A.222 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.222 - Cancellation of certificate of authority.

501A.222 Cancellation of certificate of authority.   1. A foreign cooperative may cancel its certificate of authority by delivering to the secretary for filing a certificate of cancellation which shall set forth all of the following:   a. The name of the foreign cooperative and the name of the state or other jurisdiction under whose jurisdiction the foreign cooperative was formed.   b. That the foreign cooperative is not transacting business in this state and that the foreign cooperative surrenders its registration to transact business in this state.   c. That the foreign cooperative revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the secretary as its agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign cooperative was authorized to transact business in this state.   d. A mailing address to which the secretary may mail a copy of any process served on the secretary under paragraph “c”.   e. A commitment to notify the secretary in the future of any change in the mailing address of the foreign cooperative.   2. The certificate of authority shall be canceled upon the filing of the certificate of cancellation by the secretary.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §16
IA Code § 501A.231 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES|Chapter 501A - COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ACT|Section 501A.231 - Biennial report for secretary of state.

501A.231 Biennial report for secretary of state.   1. A cooperative authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a biennial report that sets forth all of the following:   a. The name of the cooperative.   b. The address of its registered office and the name of its registered agent at that office in this state, together with the consent of any new registered agent.   c. The address of its principal office.   d. The names and addresses of the president, secretary, treasurer, and one member of the board of directors.   2. Information in the biennial report must be current as of the first day of January of the year in which the report is due. The report shall be executed on behalf of the cooperative and signed as provided in section 501A.103 or by any other person authorized by the board of directors of the cooperative.   3. The first biennial report shall be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 1 of the first even-numbered year following the calendar year in which a cooperative is organized. Subsequent biennial reports shall be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 1 of the following even-numbered calendar years. A filing fee for the biennial report shall be determined by the secretary of state.   4. If a biennial report does not contain the information required by this section, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the reporting cooperative in writing and return the report to the cooperative for correction.   5. The secretary of state may provide for the change of registered office or registered agent on the form prescribed by the secretary of state for the biennial report, provided that the form contains the information required by section 501A.402. If the secretary of state determines that a biennial report does not contain the information required by this section but otherwise meets the requirements of section 501A.402 for the purpose of changing the registered office or registered agent, the secretary of state shall file the statement of change of registered office or registered agent, effective as provided in section 501A.203, before returning the biennial report to the cooperative as provided in this section. A statement of change of registered office or agent pursuant to this subsection shall be executed by a person authorized to execute the biennial report.  2005 Acts, ch 135, §17; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §133