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Iowa Code § 490.803

Number and election of directors

Known as the Iowa Business Corporation Act

The act spans §§ 490–490 (245 sections).

1. A board of directors shall consist of one or more individuals, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

2. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to, or in the manner provided in, the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

3. Directors are elected at the first annual shareholders’ meeting and at each annual shareholders’ meeting thereafter unless elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting as permitted by section 490.704 or unless their terms are staggered under section 490.806.

89 Acts, ch 288, §74; 91 Acts, ch 211, §5; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §32, 125; 2011 Acts, ch 2, §3, 10; 2018 Acts, ch 1015, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §174; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §89, 230

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.