Iowa Code § 489.203
Signing of records to be delivered for filing to secretary of state
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2012
1. A record delivered to the secretary of state for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:
1. A record delivered to the secretary of state for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows:
a. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs “b” and “c”, a record signed on behalf of a limited liability company must be signed by a person authorized by the company.
a. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs “b” and “c”, a record signed by a limited liability company must be signed by a person authorized by the company.
b. A limited liability company’s initial certificate of organization must be signed by at least one person acting as an organizer.
b. A limited liability company’s initial certificate of organization must be signed by at least one person acting as an organizer.
c. A record filed on behalf of a limited liability company that does not have or has not had at least one member must be signed by an organizer.
c. A record delivered on behalf of a dissolved limited liability company that has no member must be signed by the person winding up the company’s activities and affairs under section 489.702, subsection 3, or a person appointed under section 489.702, subsection 4, to wind up the activities and affairs.
d. A record filed on behalf of a dissolved limited liability company that has no members must be signed by the person winding up the company’s activities under section 489.702, subsection 3, or a person appointed under section 489.702, subsection 4, to wind up those activities.
e. A statement of cancellation under section 489.201, subsection 4, must be signed by each organizer that signed the initial certificate of organization, but a personal representative of a deceased or incompetent organizer may sign in the place of the decedent or incompetent.
d. A statement of denial by a person under section 489.303 must be signed by that person.
e. Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the secretary of state for filing must be signed by that person.
2. Any record filed under this chapter may be signed by an agent.
2. A record delivered for filing under this chapter may be signed by an agent. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by a legal representative of the individual.
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3. A person that signs a record as an agent or legal representative affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.
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