Iowa Code § 490.1509
Withdrawal upon dissolution or conversion to certain nonfiling entities
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2012
1. The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign the agency appointment by signing and delivering to the secretary of state for filing the signed original statement of resignation. The statement of resignation may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued. The registered agent shall send a copy of the statement of resignation by certified mail to the corporation at its principal office and to the registered office, if not discontinued. The registered agent shall certify to the secretary of state that the copies have been sent to the corporation, including the date the copies were sent.
2. The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the date on which the statement was filed.
89 Acts, ch 288, §169; 96 Acts, ch 1170, §17
Referred to in
1. A registered foreign corporation that has dissolved and completed winding up or has converted to a domestic or foreign nonfiling entity other than a limited liability partnership shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of withdrawal. The statement must be signed by the dissolved corporation or the converted domestic or foreign nonfiling entity and state:
a. In the case of a foreign corporation that has completed winding up all of the following:
(1) Its name and jurisdiction of formation.
(2) That the foreign corporation withdraws its registration to do business in this state and revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf.
(3) An address to which process on the foreign corporation may be sent by the secretary of state under section 490.504, subsection 3.
b. In the case of a foreign corporation that has converted to a domestic or foreign nonfiling entity other than a limited liability partnership all of the following:
(1) The name of the converting foreign corporation and its jurisdiction of formation.
(2) The type of the nonfiling entity to which it has converted and its name and jurisdiction of formation.
(3) That it withdraws its registration to do business in this state and revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf.
(4) An address to which process on the foreign corporation may be sent by the secretary of state under section 490.504, subsection 3.
2. After the withdrawal of the registration of a foreign corporation, service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the entity was registered to do business in this state may be made as provided in section 490.504.
Former section 490.1509 stricken effective January 1, 2022, by
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