Iowa Code § 489.114
Registration of name
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2012
1. A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may change its registered office or its registered agent for service of process by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth all of the following:
a. The name of the company.
b. If the current registered office is to be changed, the street and mailing addresses of the new registered office.
c. If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent’s consent to the appointment. The agent’s consent may be on the statement or attached to it.
d. That after the change or changes are made, the street address of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.
2. If a registered agent changes the street address of the registered agent’s business office, the registered agent may change the street address of the registered office of any limited liability company or foreign limited liability company for which the person is the registered agent by notifying the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company in writing of the change and signing, either manually or in facsimile, and delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of subsection 1 and recites that the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company has been notified of the change.
3. If a registered agent changes the registered agent’s business address to another place, the registered agent may change the business address and the address of the registered agent by filing a statement as required by subsection 2 for each limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, or a single statement of all limited liability companies or all foreign limited liability companies named in the notice, except that it need be signed only by the registered agent and need not be responsive to subsection 1, paragraph “c”, and must recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to each limited liability company or foreign limited liability company named in the notice.
4. A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may also change its registered office or registered agent in its biennial report as provided in section 489.209.
5. Subject to section 489.205, subsection 3, a statement of change is effective when filed by the secretary of state.
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1. A foreign limited liability company not registered to do business in this state under subchapter IX may register its name, or an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906, if the name is distinguishable on the records of the secretary of state from the names that are not available under section 489.112.
2. To register its name or an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906, a foreign limited liability company must deliver to the secretary of state for filing an application stating the company’s name, the jurisdiction and date of its formation, and any alternate name adopted pursuant to section 489.906. If the secretary of state finds that the name applied for is available, the secretary of state shall register the name for the applicant’s exclusive use.
3. The registration of a name under this section is effective for one year after the date of registration.
4. A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may renew the registration for successive one-year periods by delivering, not earlier than three months before the expiration of the registration, to the secretary of state for filing a renewal application that complies with this section. When filed, the renewal application renews the registration for a succeeding one-year period.
5. A foreign limited liability company whose name registration is effective may register as a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or consent in a signed record to the use of that name by another person that is not an individual.
Former §489.114 transferred to §489.116;
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